Institutions for future generations / edited by Inigo Gonzalez-Ricoy and Axel Gosseries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

González-Ricoy, Iñigo, editor.

Gosseries, Axel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social institutions.

Future, The--Political aspects.

Future, The.

Physical Description:

xv, 432 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press (GBP), 2016.

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. This book provides an exhaustive overview of the most important institutional proposals as well as a systematic and theoretical discussion of their respective features and advantages. It focuses on institutional proposals aimed at taking the interests of future generations more seriously, and does so from the perspective of applied political philosophy, being explicit about the underlying normative choices and the latest developments in the social sciences. It provides citizens, activists, firms, charities, public authorities, policy-analysts, students, and academics with the body of knowledge necessary to understand what our institutional options are and what they entail if we are concerned about today's excessive short-termism.

Contents:

Part I Introductory Chapters

1 Designing Institutions for Future Generations: An Introduction / Iñigo González-Ricoy González-Ricoy, Iñigo, Axel Gosseries Gosseries, Axel 3

2 Institutional Design and Sources of Short-Termism / Michael K. MacKenzie MacKenzie, Michael K. 24

Part II General Tools and Issues

3 Intergenerational Justice: A Primer / Nicholas Vrousalis Vrousalis, Nicholas 49

4 Measuring Intergenerational Fairness / Stéphane Zuber Zuber, Stéphane 65

5 Can we Represent Future Generations? / Anja Kamein Kamein, Anja 83

6 Generational Sovereignty / Axel Gosseries Gosseries, Axel 98

Part III Future-Focused Institutions

7 An Ombudsman for Future Generations: Legitimate and Effective? / Ludvig Beckman Beckman, Ludvig, Fredrik Uggla Uggla, Fredrik 117

8 Political Institutions for the Future: A Fivefold Package / Simon Caney Caney, Simon 135

9 A World Climate Bank / John Broome Broome, John, Duncan K. Foley Foley, Duncan K. 156

10 Constitutionalizing Intergenerational Provisions / Iñigo González-Ricoy González-Ricoy, Iñigo 170

11 Democratic Trusteeship: Institutions to Protect the Future of the Democratic Process / Dennis F. Thompson Thompson, Dennis F. 184

12 A Common Heritage Fund for Future Generations / Marcel Szabó Szabó, Marcel 197

13 Electoral Design, Sub-Majority Rules, and Representation for Future Generations / Kristian Skagen Ekeli Ekeli, Kristian Skagen 214

14 Philanthropy and Intergenerational justice / Chiara Cordelli Cordelli, Chiara, Rob Reich Reich, Rob 228

Part IV Future-Beneficial Institutions

15 The Deliberative Democratic Inclusion of Future Generations / Simon Niemeyer Niemeyer, Simon, Julia Jennstål Jennstål, Julia 247

16 Youth Quotas, Diversity, and Long-Termism: Can Young People Act as Proxies for Future Generations? / Juliana Bidadanure Bidadanure, Juliana 266

17 A General-Purpose, Randomly Selected Chamber / Michael K. MacKenzie MacKenzie, Michael K. 282

18 Piloting Responsibility and Intergenerational Justice / Claudia López-Guerra López-Guerra, Claudia 299

19 The People's Endowment / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 312

20 Democratic Firms: Assets for the Long Term / Virginie Pérotin Pérotin, Virginie 331

21 Archiving for the Future: The Party Constitution / Jonathan White White, Jonathan 352

22 Alumni Involvement and Long-Termist University Governance / Danielle Zwarthoed Zwarthoed, Danielle 366

23 Pension Funds, Future Generations, and Fiduciary Duty / Joakim Sandberg Sandberg, Joakim 385

24 Family Planning is Not (Necessarily) the Priority Institution for Reducing Fertility / Thomas Baudin Baudin, Thomas, Paula Gobbi Gobbi, Paula 400.

ISBN:

9780198746959

0198746954

OCLC:

954017923