Understanding normative foresight outcomes: Scenario development and the 'veil of ignorance' effect

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 711-722

  Andreescu, Liviu ^a   Gheorghiu, Radu ^b   Zulean, Marian ^c   Curaj, Adrian ^d  

^a SPIRU HARET UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Institute for World Economy   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Consensus; Deliberative democracy; Holism; Normative scenario; Original position; Participation; System foresight

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY; HOLISM; NORMATIVE SCENARIOS; ORIGINAL POSITION; PARTICIPATION; SYSTEM FORESIGHT;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

EID: 84875376498     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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