Changing maps : governing in a world of rapid change / Steven A. Rosell ... et al., [editor].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosell, Steven, Author.

Contributor:

Rosell, Steven A., editor.

Parliamentary Centre.

Meridian International Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences--Methodology.

Policy sciences.

Public administration.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa [Ontario] : Carleton University Press in collaboration with The Meridian International Institute and the Parliamentary Centre, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can we organize and govern ourselves successfully in a world of rapid change and increasing interconnection? This book reports the findings of a round table of senior Canadian government officials and private sector executives, exploring fundamental changes in the economy, in culture and values and in the social contract that characterize the emergence of a global information society.

Contents:

Preface: Governing in a World of Rapid Change

Part I : Report of the Roundtable

1 Introduction

2 Re-Mapping the Territory: Three Perspectives

3 Constructing Scenarios

4 Changing Course : Toward Social Cohesion

5 Continuing the Process : Building a Learning Society

Part II : Selected Papers Presented to the Roundtable. 6 Scenario Thinking about the Future / Kees van der Heijden

7 The Information Economy : ICT and the Future of the World Economy / Chris Freeman

8 Postmodernism, Pluralism, and the Crisis of Legitimacy / Walter Truett Anderson

9 Communitarianism / Amitai Etzioni

10 The Learning Society in the Information Age / Daniel P. Keating

11 A Critique of the "Information Society" Concept / Daniel Yankelovich.

Notes:

"The second report of the Project on Governing in an Information Society."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7735-8420-X

OCLC:

883909627