Future publics : long-term thinking and farsighted action in democratic systems

Many scholars have argued that democracies cannot effectively address long-term problems because of the political dynamics of short electoral cycles, the immediate concerns of voters, the influence of powerful actors with dominant short-term interests, or the political impotence of future persons wh...

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Main Author: MacKenzie, Michael Kenneth
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45169