Advancing Future-Orientation in Policymaking: Institutions, Individuals and Risks

Abstract

This book argues that, under certain societal and institutional conditions, party-, interest group- and bureaucracy-based elites can interact positively to extend political timeframes beyond short electoral terms and foster reasoned long-term planning for democratic decision-making.<br/><br/>Focusing on Finland within a broader analytic framework and comparative context, it unearths institutions and practices that give the elites capacity to curtail democratic short-sightedness and offer long-term solutions for contemporary threats such as economic globalization, climate change and geopolitical competition. The study also reveals factors that condition the operative capacity of futureregarding institutions.<br/><br/>This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of political science, public policy and administration, elites and management and futures studies.