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BL
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| Record Number
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969016
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b723386
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| Main Entry
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Cocks, K. D., (Kenneth Douglas)
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| Title & Author
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Deep futures : : our prospects for survival /\ Doug Cocks.
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| Publication Statement
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Kensington, N.S.W. :: University of New South Wales Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xvii, 332 pages)
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| ISBN
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0585484856
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: 9780585484853
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-320) and index.
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| Contents
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Part 1: Futures we have glimpsed -- Ch. 1. A difficult century -- Ch. 2. Deep futures -- Part 2: Understanding the task -- Ch. 3. What is the question? -- Ch. 4. Understanding how societies change over time -- Part 3: Taking charge -- Ch. 5. A strategy for managing the deep future -- Ch. 6. Guidelines I: nursing the world through endless change -- Ch. 7. Guidelines II: learning forever -- Ch. 8. Guidelines III: working on perennial issues -- Ch. 9. Stories to live by -- App. Basic properties of dissipative (energy-degrading) systems.
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Forecasting.
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Social evolution.
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Twenty-first century, Forecasts.
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Forecasting.
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Social evolution.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Future Studies.
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Twenty-first century.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.49
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| LC Classification
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CB161.C63 2003eb
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