| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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| Contents |
Cover; Institutions for Future Generations; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Part I: Introductory Chapters; 1: Designing Institutions for Future Generations: An Introduction; 1.1 Combating Wrongful Short-Termism; 1.2 Future-Focused or Future-Beneficial Institutions?; 1.3 Exogenous or Endogenous Alignment?; 1.4 Types of Mandate; 1.5 Causes and Temporal Scope of Short-Termism; 1.6 Legitimacy Concerns; 1.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; 2: Institutional Design and Sources of Short-Termism; 2.1 Introduction |
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2.2 Sources of Short-Termism in Democratic Systems2.2.1 Voters; 2.2.2 Politicians; 2.2.3 Special Interest Groups; 2.2.4 Future Generations; 2.2.5 Institutional Design and Sources of Short-Termism; 2.3 Mapping Long-Term Issues; 2.3.1 Inter-Temporal Costs and Benefits; 2.3.2 Length of Time between Actions and Consequences; 2.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II: General Tools and Issues; 3: Intergenerational Justice: A Primer; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Pattern, Metric, Scope; 3.3 Equality vs. Priority vs. Sufficiency; 3.4 Atomic vs. Molecular Metrics; 3.4.1 Preferentialism; 3.4.2 Resourcism |
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3.4.3 Capabilitarianism3.4.4 Molecular Metrics; 3.5 Chronopolitanism vs. Generationalism; 3.6 Weak vs. Strong Sustainability; 3.7 Posterityś Rights; 3.8 Conclusion; Bibliography; 4: Measuring Intergenerational Fairness; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Comparing Cost and Benefits across Generations; 4.3 Savings and Sustainability; 4.3.1 Sustainability; 4.3.2 Ecological Footprint; 4.3.3 Genuine Savings; 4.4 Conclusion and Further Issues; Bibliography; 5: Can we Represent Future Generations?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Difficulties and the Danger of Representing Future Generations |
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5.2.1 Authorization and Accountability5.2.2 The Epistemic Problem and that of Plurality; 5.2.3 The Danger; 5.3 Finding Ways around These Difficulties; 5.3.1 Representation without Legitimacy; 5.3.2 Surrogate Representation; 5.4 Approximating Surrogate Representation for Future Generations; 5.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; 6: Generational Sovereignty; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Defining Generational Sovereignty; 6.2.1 Generations; 6.2.2 Sovereignties; 6.3 Can Generational Sovereignty Be Restricted?; 6.4 The Twofold Claim; 6.5 Sovereignty, Distributive Justice, Solidarity, and Long-Termism |
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6.6 ConclusionBibliography; Part III: Future-Focused Institutions; 7: An Ombudsman for Future Generations: Legitimate and Effective?; 7.1 The Proposal; 7.2 The Ombudsman: From Swedish Peculiarity to a Global Instrument for Rights Protection; 7.3 The Ombudsman and the Democratic Legitimacy Requirement; 7.4 Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Ombudsman for Future Generations; 7.4.1 Mandate; 7.4.2 Structure; 7.4.3 Strategy; 7.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; 8: Political Institutions for the Future: A Fivefold Package; 8.1 The Proposal; 8.2 The Problem; 8.3 Evaluative Criteria; 8.3.1 Effectiveness |
| Summary |
In times of climate change and public debt, a concern for intergenerational justice should lead us to have a closer look at theories of intergenerational justice. It should also press us to provide institutional design proposals to change the decision-making world that surrounds us. The work provides an exhaustive overview of the most important institutional proposals as well as a systematic and theoretical discussion of their respective features and advantages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 13, 2016) |
| Subject |
Social institutions.
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Future, The -- Political aspects
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social institutions.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Social institutions.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
González-Ricoy, Iñigo, editor.
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Gosseries, Axel, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191809248 |
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0191809241 |
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0191063975 |
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9780191063978 |
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