Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Futures Studies in the European Ex-Socialist Countries

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE
• FUTURES STUDIES AND THE WFSF IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE MAINLY IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1970 AND 1990
• PART ONE: COUNTRY STUDIES
• FUTURES STUDIES IN BULGARIA  
• 1. PAST AND PRESENT OF FUTURES STUDIES IN BULGARIA
• 2. Future of the futures research programmes in Bulgaria
• 2.1. In the economic sphere
• 2.2. In the health care sphere
• 2.3. In the educational sphere
• 2.4. In the social sphere
• 2.5. In the technology sphere
• 2.6. In the environment
• FUTURES STUDIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC  
• 1. Some features of local futures studies ideology
• 2. Last fifty years of the futures studies
• 3. Challenges to futures studies
• References
• FUTURES STUDIES IN ESTONIA
• 1. Institutes and futures research activities in years 1960-1990
• 2. Institutes and futures research activities after 1990
• 3. The questions of Today
• FROM ANTICIPATIONS OF A BRIGHT FUTURE TO DISSOLUTION  
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Following the Soviet model
• 3. The race to the year 2000
• 4. Prognostics
• 5. Confronted with the Limits to Growth
• 6. In the years of decline
• 7. The aftermath
• REFERENCES
• FUTURES STUDIES IN HUNGARY  
• 1. The beginnings and organisational/institutional background of futures studies in Hungary 
• 2. Historical periods of futures studies in Hungary
• 3. Scientific research
• 3.1. The period of proof and acceptance
• 3.2. The period of busy labour
• 3.3. The period of diversification
• 3.4. Scientific results displayed
• 4. University-level teaching
• 4.1. The period of proof and acceptance
• 4.2. The period of busy labour
• 4.3. The period of diversification
• 5. International relations
• 5.1. The period of proof and acceptance
• 5.2. The period of busy labour
• 5.3. The period of diversification
• 6. Conclusions for the future
• Bibliography - Comprehensive books on futures studies written by Hungarian authors, 1970-2001  
• 30 YEARS OF FUTURES STUDIES IN POLAND: Experiences and Conclusions 
• 1. From classic prognoses to strategic studies on the future
• 2. Polish approach to some methodological problems
• 3. Scale of risks and threats to the adopted long-term strategy
• 4. Government long-term strategies - similarities and differences
• 5. Substantial elements of the accomplishments of the Polish practice
• 6. CONCLUSIONS FOR THE FUTURE
• FORESIGHT STUDIES IN ROMANIA  
• 1. Brief preliminaries
• 2. The present situation
• 2.1. The Black Sea University Foundation (BSUF)
• 2.2. The UNESCO Prospective Chair
• 2.3. Institute for Economic Forecasting
• 2.4. Commission of Prospective Studies of the Romanian Academy
• 3. Conclusions
• FUTURES STUDIES IN SLOVAKIA  
• 1. Futures studies before 1989
• 2. Futures studies in the 1990s
• 3. Conference at Smolenice 1998
• 4. CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
• FUTURES STUDIES IN THE USSR (1966-1991) AND IN RUSSIA (1991-1999)
• 1. Forecasting Boom in the USSR of 60s
• 2. Quasi-forecasting in 70s - 80s
• 3. Six case studies - one example of hundreds
• 4. Non-government forecasting organisation
• 5. Forecasting and decision-making
• 6. Three case studies of 90s
• 7. Towards Russian Futures Studies Academy
• 8. Participation in International Futurists Associations
• 9. Teaching young futurists
• FUTURES STUDIES IN YUGOSLAVIA  
• PART TWO: SYNTHESIS
• THE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE BASED ON THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE  
• 1. Introductory words
• 2. Similarities and differences among the countries considered
• 3. Final considerations
• EPILOGUE INSTEAD OF CONCLUSIONS 
• ANNEX: THE QUESTIONNAIRE
• Endnotes