Networks and the future: A new methodological approach to envision and create the network society of tomorrow

This paper aims to illustrate how the combination of Network Analysis and Futures Studies becomes a powerful instrument for envisioning and analyzing futures and social change. The study of three cases shows network analysis becoming an analytical tool in futures studies while, at the same time, acq...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 490 - 501
Main Author:	Diaz, Jose A. Rodriguez
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-09-2009 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Future Futures (of Society) Network Analysis Predictions Social Change Social networks Studies
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	This paper aims to illustrate how the combination of Network Analysis and Futures Studies becomes a powerful instrument for envisioning and analyzing futures and social change. The study of three cases shows network analysis becoming an analytical tool in futures studies while, at the same time, acquiring the dimension of change and dynamics steaming from the futurist perspective.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0016-3287 1873-6378
DOI:	10.1016/j.futures.2009.01.004