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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101399512757

ISBN-139781399512756

eBay Product ID (ePID)24070923110

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Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDemocracy and the Future : Future-Regarding Governance in Democratic Systems

Publication Year2025

SubjectGlobalization, Comparative Politics, Political Ideologies / Democracy

TypeTextbook

AuthorMaija Setälä

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis fascinating volume brings together leading political theorists and empirical researchers to illuminate the relationship between democracy and long-term decision-making. Starting from an analysis of the myriad tensions between democratic politics and future-regarding governance, the book goes on to unearth a variety of ways in which well-designed institutions, well-structured deliberations, and farsighted leaders can help democracies manage long-term societal challenges. The volume will be invaluable to both scholars and policymakers seeking to more strongly orient democratic politics toward the future.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal321.8

Table Of ContentIntroduction: The Challenges and Possibilities of Future-Regarding Governance Simo Kyllönen, Michael K. MacKenzie and Maija Setälä Part I: The Challenges of Long-Term Decision Making Chapter 1: Three Challenges for Long-Term Decision-Making in Democracies: Boundaries, Knowledge, and Incentives Mark E. Warren Chapter 2: Democratic Weakness of Will Eerik Lagerspetz Chapter 3: Reversibility and Democracy: The Epistemic Functions of Political Competition Alfred Moore Chapter 4: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Global Climate Change - Comparing Two Long-Term Dangers Sven Ove Hansson Part II: Thinking and Acting in Future-Regarding Ways Chapter 5: Perspective-Taking, Deliberation, and Future Generations Kaisa Herne Chapter 6: Hearing Silent Voices? Representing Identified and Statistical Policy Victims Claudia Landwehr Chapter 7: Future-Regarding Democratic Leadership Michael K. Mackenzie Part III: Institutional Design Chapter 8: Democratic Design for Future-Regarding Institutions Graham Smith Chapter 9: Democratic Institutions and Future Generations Didier Caluwaerts, and Daan Vermassen Part IV: Long-Term Policymaking in Finland Chapter 10: The Finnish National Foresight System Vesa Koskimaa Chapter 11: Voter Myopia Reassessed Lauri Rapeli 12. Deliberative Minipublics and Climate Change Policy Maija Setälä, Katariina Kulha, Hilma Sormunen Chapter 13: Conclusion: Future-Regarding Governance - Four Tensions and a Research Agenda Michael K. MacKenzie, Simo Kyllönen, and Maija Setälä

SynopsisThis book brings together political philosophers, democratic theorists, empirical political scientists and policy experts to examine how democratic systems might be designed so that the long-term consequences of our decisions are considered in policymaking processes. It examines these topics from many different perspectives - it is interdisciplinary and globally oriented - but it also explores Finland as an example of how future-regarding governance might be done. Finland has one of the most advanced governmental foresight systems in the world, including a unique parliamentary institution called the 'Committee for the Future', and it has enjoyed a stable, multiparty government for decades. The contributors identify tensions between the present and the future, as well as between reversibility and commitment, independence and politicisation, and trust and critique, which have to be navigated in order to achieve long-term, collective goals. The book concludes that elite-driven institutions should be complemented by robust institutions for public participation and deliberation in order to retain responsiveness while at the same time forging public commitments for future-regarding action.