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You can select books appropriate for your interests and needs, by considering the 25 generic categories, their sub-categories, and close links to other generic categories prefaced by also see.
Global Foresight Books can be listed in two or more categories (e.g., a book on climate change and agriculture).
Many categories overlap. Books on very specific but important topics (e.g. homelessness, migration, gender issues) are not listed under the major categories so as to keep these categories from being over-diluted.
The 25 problem-oriented and multidisciplinary categories used by GFB are generally aligned with standard departments or agencies of any national government (security/defense, agriculture, environment, treasury, commerce/business, education, health, transportation, urban affairs, justice) or with major problem areas (climate change, water, sustainability, development/anti-poverty, economic/financial crisis) and encourage a broad perspective.
Global Concerns
• World Futures
• Development
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Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Military Strategy, Peacemaking, Defense, Cyberwar |
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Climate Change |
Environment/Resources
• Climate Change
• Sustainability:
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Green Visions, Green Business |
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Energy |
• Water
• Energy
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Overviews, Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency/Conservation |
• Food/Agriculture
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Genetic Modification, Farming, Organic Farming, Hunger, Malnutrition |
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• Other Environment/Resources
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Forests, Biodiversity, Pollution, Waste Recycling, Toxic Waste, Land Use |
U.S./Global Sectors
• Economy
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Income, Taxation, Poverty, Inequality, Welfare, Deficits, New Economic Thinking |
• Business
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Labor Unions, Jobs, Unemployment |
• Cities:
• Transportation
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Automobiles, Air Transport, Railroads, Fuel-efficient Vehicles |
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Energy, Cities |
• Crime/Justice
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Organized Crime, White-collar Crime, Corruption, Drugs, Policing, Courts, Punishment |
• Health
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Health Care, Diseases, Medical Technologies, Drugs, Longevity, Genetics, Bio-ethics |
• Education
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School Reform, Higher Education, Adult Education, Learning, Educational Technologies |
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Communications |
• Government
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Democracy, Politics, Public Service, Congress |
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World Futures |
• Society
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Children, Families, Values, Religion, Lifestyle, Culture, Sports, Gender, Race, Immigration |
Technology
• Communication
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Internet, Cellphones, Telecommuncations, Television, Newspapers, ICTs |
• Science/Technology
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New Technologies, Science Frontiers, Outer Space, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology |
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Energy, Food/Agriculture, Communication, Transportation, Security, Pollution, Toxic Waste, Water |
• Methods to Shape the Future
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Indicators, Forecasting, Scenarios, Wild Cards, Horizon Scanning, Leadership, Organization Change, Social Change, Visioning, Systems Thinking, Complexity Thinking, Strategic Planning, Innovation, Risk Assessment, Critiques, Wisdom, Foresight |
Other
• Miscellaneous
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Biography, not elsewhere classified. |
GFB encourages broad, multi-disciplinary, and multi-faceted definitions of problems in current affairs thinking and recognizes challenges in constructing standardized categories.
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