Showing papers on "Futures studies published in 1983"
TL;DR: This article provided general information about key information sources for directed inquiry into futures studies, sketch the origins and current status of the graduate program in Studies of the Future offered by the University of Houston at Clear Lake City.
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that progress does remain possible if there is a wise balance struck between the interactions of material and social/individual change, and that forecasting and planning within an appropriate policy framework, together with appropriate educational and industrial policies, can assist in attaining beneficial progress based on scientific and technological opportunity.
5 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the possible effects of such decentralization tendencies in the United States and propose a set of projections and policies, based on approaches advocated by the policy sciences and futures studies.
Abstract: In the United States the Reagan Administration has proposed a number of policy initiatives which have the effect of decentralizing governmental services. The services, until recently, had increasingly become the responsibility of the federal (i.e., centralized) government. This paper inquires as to the possible effects of such decentralization tendencies. Drawing upon approaches advocated by the policy sciences and futures studies, the analysis weighs goals, trends, and conditions to propose a set of projections and policies.
4 citations
01 Jan 1983
3 citations