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Preface: Governing in a World of Rapid Change
Page 10-15
Part I: Report of the Roundtable
Page 16-17
1. INTRODUCTION
Page 18-20
The Information Society
Page 21-22
An Infrastructure for Learning
Page 23-24
Findings of the Project during Phase I
Page 25-28
Continuing the Search: The Second Phase of the Project
Page 29-29
Constructing Shared Maps: The Scenario Approach
Page 30-33
Beginning the Process
Page 34-37
The Shape of the Report
Page 38-39
2. RE-MAPPING THE TERRITORY: THREE PERSPECTIVES
Page 40-40
The Economy: A New Techno-economic Paradigm
Page 41-46
Culture and Values: The Postmodern Challenge
Page 47-56
The Social Contract: Rebuilding Social Infrastructure
Page 57-65
3. CONSTRUCTING SCENARIOS
Page 70-70
The Scenario Workshop
Page 70-79
Starship Scenario
Page 80-81
Titanic Scenario
Page 82-83
HMS Bounty Scenario
Page 84-85
Windjammer Scenario
Page 86-88
4. CHANGING COURSE: TOWARD SOCIAL COHESION
Page 92-93
Some Essential Requirements for Creating a Learning Society
Page 94-95
Developing the Learning Capacity of Individuals
Page 96-97
Learning Organizations and a Learning Society
Page 98-101
Building on Diversity
Page 102-104
Building Consensus: The Art of Coming to Public Judgement
Page 105-106
The Public-judgement Model
Page 107-108
The Importance of "Working Through"
Page 109-112
Navigating Some Obstacles to Public Judgement
Page 113-118
5. CONTINUING THE PROCESS: BUILDING A LEARNING SOCIETY
Page 122-122
Summary: Reviewing the Course We Have Followed So Far
Page 122-126
Building a Learning Society: Re-balancing Economic and Social Concerns
Page 127-131
Continuing the Process: A Preliminary Agenda
Page 132-132
Renewing the Social Contract
Page 133-136
Focusing on Values
Page 137-139
Building an Infrastructure for Public Learning
Page 140-142
Information Technology: New Tools for a Learning Society
Page 143-145
On the Importance of the Process
Page 146-150
Part II: Selected Papers Presented to the Roundtable
Page 158-161
6. Scenario Thinking About the Future
Page 162-177
7. The Information Economy: ICT and the Future of the World Economy
Page 178-201
8. Postmondernism, Pluralism, and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Page 202-215
9. Communitarianism
Page 216-219
10. The Learning Society in the Information Age
Page 220-245
11. A Critique of the "Information Society" Concept
Page 246-269
Glossary of Acronyms
Page 270-271
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