Introduction

Futureproof ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jon Coaffee
Keyword(s):  
The Future

This introductory chapter argues that we need to be more forward thinking in our response to risks and threats of all kinds. It points out that we should not be like army generals who, it is said, are always fighting the last war. Indeed, we must arm ourselves for new ones. Furthermore, a singular focus on preparing for past challenges is futile. The chapter asserts that what we should be doing is paying more attention to enhancing our ability to cope with a wide array of disruptive challenges that may present themselves in the future. These are the challenges that pose significant threats to our current way of living and to our very existence.

Thinking about the future

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Andrew MacLeod
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Psychological Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Relative Neglect ◽  
Evolutionary Success

The ability to think about the future has been fundamental to human evolutionary success, as well as to our everyday functioning. But, it also plays a key role in our emotional well-being and mental health. The growing recognition of the importance of prospection is shown by the burgeoning literature on the topic, including an expanding literature relating to well-being and mental health. This introductory chapter provides a brief overview of the importance of prospection, its relative neglect in the psychological literature and the recent blossoming of interest in the area. The chapter concludes with an overview of the material covered in the remainder of the book.

1. Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Abbey ◽  
Mark B. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
The Future

This introductory chapter begins with an overview of conveyancing, which is the process by which legal title to property is transferred. It then discusses the conveyancing of registered land; defensive lawyering and the conveyancing process; conveyancing and information technology; and the future of conveyancing.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Graham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Choices ◽  
Distribution Of Income

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's main themes. This book considers the extent to which the American Dream—and the right to the pursuit of happiness—is equally available to all citizens today. Building on the author's research on well-being and on mobility and opportunity in countries around the world, the book explore the linkages between the distribution of income, attitudes about inequality and future mobility, and well-being in the United States, and also provides some comparisons with other countries and regions. This scholarship is distinct from existing work on inequality in its focus on the well-being–beliefs channel and its implications for individual choices about the future.

Introduction

Mapping Power ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Sunila S. Kale ◽  
Navroz K. Dubash ◽  
Ranjit Bharvirkar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Political Economy Analysis ◽  
Economy Analysis

The introductory chapter lays out the rationale for the volume and provides a framework for analysing the political economy of Indian electricity. We first present a historically-rooted political economy analysis to understand the past and identify reforms for the future of electricity in India. We next outline an analytic framework to guide the empirical chapters of the book, which locates electricity outcomes in the larger political economy of electricity, the field of politics that are specific to each state, and each state’s broader political economy. The chapter ends by providing concise synopses of the state-level narratives of electricity in the fifteen states included in the volume.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Aleida Assmann
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Order ◽  
General Sense ◽  
The Past ◽  
End Point ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Future ◽  
Shed Light

This introductory chapter describes a change in the modern temporal order. The first is a general sense that the future is no longer much of a motivator in the arenas of politics, society, and the environment. Indeed, expectations for the future have become extremely modest. Within a relatively short period of time, the future itself has lost the power to shed light on the present, since we can no longer assume that it functions as the end point of our desires, goals, or projections. We have learned from historians that the rise and fall of particular futures is in itself nothing new. However, it is the case not only that particular visions of the future have collapsed in contemporary times, but also that the very concept of the future itself is being called into question. Alongside the future's eclipse, the chapter contends that we are also witnessing another anomaly of our long-held temporal order: the unprecedented return of the past.

1. Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Robert M. Abbey ◽  
Mark B. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
The Future

This introductory chapter begins with an overview of conveyancing, which is the process by which legal title to property is transferred. It then discusses the conveyancing of registered land; defensive lawyering and the conveyancing process; conveyancing and information technology; and the future of conveyancing.

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