| Autor: |
Bell, Wendell |
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International Review of Sociology; Nov99, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p295-210, 16p |
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The article focuses on futures studies and sociology. The proximate origins of the futures movement go back still further. They include early efforts at national planning during World War I and the Great Depression; William F. Ogburn's analysis of social trends and technology assessment in the 1930s; social engineering in the early days of Communist Russia, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany; both domestic and war-oriented planning programs of World War II and its aftermath, including the creation of operations research and the eventual development of think tanks such as RAND; the nation-founding and nation-building designs for the future in the new states after World War II; the publication of the founding blueprints for-and the subsequent rise of-the policy sciences, including evaluation research as done in sociology; the work of the Club of Rome whose Limits to Growth gave impetus to the environmental movement and spread concern for the future of the biosphere; and the creation of hundreds of futures organizations throughout the world. |
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Complementary Index |
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