The essays selected for this volume show how relations between past, current and future
generations have become a major subject of philosophical research since the 1970s. The …

Political short-termism prioritizes short-term net policy benefits over long-term benefits and
thus can hinder policy investments that impose short-term costs to society to address long …

Long Problems Page 1 Page 2 Long Prob lems Page 3 Page 4 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
PRESS PRINCETON & OXFORD Long Prob lems CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGE …

There is a new sensibility to the concept of the future in recent writings in the human and
social sciences. The modern idea of the future is undergoing a tremendous rupture today …

Is democracy worth saving? Responding to the erosion of democracy, philosophical debates
have pivoted from analyzing the best forms of democracy to questioning what is so valuable …

Global challenges from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic have raised legitimate
questions about the ability of democratic decision-makers to prepare for such crises …

While the impact of land revenue has been widely analyzed, there is little empirical research
on the impact of land revenue on government planning horizon, especially government …

This contribution to the symposium explores one aspect of the arrival of planetary politics
under the broad label of the third democratic transformation, a transformation unfolding now …

That democratic authorities are systematically focused on short-term considerations is a
charge often made. This 'democratic myopia'thesis typically becomes the basis for …

Legislatures have recently started to invest in anticipatory governance. Alongside new
practices, they have introduced designated future committees and organs that connect MPs …