Emerging pathways for critical futures research: Changing contexts and impacts of social theory

Futures

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-104

  Ahlqvist, Toni ^a   Rhisiart, Martin ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical futures research; Critical theory; Social theory

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84940792897     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.07.012     Document Type: Article

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