The Future Is Ours: Foreseeing, Managing And Creating The Future [Paperback]

Why do we continue to think about, imagine, and forecast the future despite believing we will probably be wrong? Why do we need to do so? What does the future mean, and how do we relate to it? Is it possible that Western societies condition their members into inability to cope with the future?

These and other fundamental questions are explored inThe Future Is Ours, which is written as an intermediate text for use in future-oriented modules within BA courses in International Business, Management, Urban Planning, and Environmental Politics.

GRAHAM H. MAY is Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Design and Built Environment, at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He is a professional member of the World Future Society and a member of the World Futures Studies Federation. He is prime mover of the newly founded UK Futures Group.

Prologue
The Futures Debate
The Future: Forgotten but Ever Present
Some Problems of Futures-Thinking
If It Is So Difficult, Why Do It?
Ways of Thinking About the Future
Introduction
Foreseeing the Future
Managing, Planning and Creating the Future
Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
The Future as Paradox
Epilogue
References
Index