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This 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.
Contents
Introduction: The Challenges and Possibilities of Future-Regarding GovernanceSimo Kyllönen, Michael K. MacKenzie and Maija SetäläPart 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. WarrenChapter 2: Democratic Weakness of Will Eerik LagerspetzChapter 3: Reversibility and Democracy: The Epistemic Functions of Political Competition Alfred MooreChapter 4: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Global Climate Change - Comparing Two Long-Term Dangers Sven Ove HanssonPart II: Thinking and Acting in Future-Regarding Ways Chapter 5: Perspective-Taking, Deliberation, and Future Generations Kaisa HerneChapter 6: Hearing Silent Voices? Representing Identified and Statistical Policy Victims Claudia LandwehrChapter 7: Future-Regarding Democratic Leadership Michael K. MackenziePart III: Institutional Design Chapter 8: Democratic Design for Future-Regarding Institutions Graham SmithChapter 9: Democratic Institutions and Future Generations Didier Caluwaerts, and Daan VermassenPart IV: Long-Term Policymaking in Finland Chapter 10: The Finnish National Foresight System Vesa KoskimaaChapter 11: Voter Myopia Reassessed Lauri Rapeli12. Deliberative Minipublics and Climate Change PolicyMaija Setälä, Katariina Kulha, Hilma SormunenChapter 13: Conclusion: Future-Regarding Governance - Four Tensions and a Research Agenda Michael K. MacKenzie, Simo Kyllönen, and Maija Setälä
