Governing for the Future: Designing Democratic Institutions for a Better Tomorrow

By Jonathan Boston

This book is about governing well for the future. It investigates the nature of, and the conditions for, prudent long-term democratic governance in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain world, the reasons why such governance is politically challenging, and how such challenges can best be tackled. In particular, it addresses the problem of 'short-termism' - or a 'presentist bias' - in policy-making; that is, the risk of governments placing undue weight on near-term considerations at the expense of a society's overall long-term welfare. As such, the book traverses both normative and empirical issues. The approach is primarily qualitative rather than quantitative.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786350564
• ISBN13: 9781786350565
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"