Foundations of Futures Studies - Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface
1. Futures Studies: A New Field of Inquiry
2. The Purposes of Futures Studies
3. Assumptions of Futures Studies
4. Is Futures Studies an Art or a Science?
5. An Epistemology for Futures Studies:From Positivism to Critical Realism
6. Methods and Exemplars in Futures Research
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Jose Valciukas

Summary

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures

Product details

• Authors: Wendell Bell, Jose Valciukas, Jose Bell Valciukas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138523685
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52368-5
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Human Science for a New Era Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories