L'institutionnalisation de la prospective dans l'action publique : analyse comparée des systèmes politico-administratifs britannique, néerlandais et wallon

In many European countries, the study of the long-term future has often been a concern for public authorities. Several tools allow to explore the future(s) and this PhD thesis focuses on one of them: foresight. It is understood as a long-term systemic and interdisciplinary policy-making tool aiming at identifying possible long-term futures and including trends disruptions and surprises. This PhD dissertation addresses the institutionalization of foresight activities within public policy. Analyzing institutionalization as an ongoing process, it compares such processes in two policy sectors (hea... Mehr ...