There is a growing policy interest in participatory processes that combine deliberation with futures visioning. The EU Water Framework Directive, with its mandate for participatory long-term river basin plans, contributes to this "futures turn" in European governance. In this paper we...

We explore the idea of public policy from the perspective of evolutionary thinking. This involves paying attention to concepts like diversity, population, selection, innovation, coevolution, group selection, path-dependence and lock-in. We critically discuss the notion of evolutionary progress....

We explore the idea of public policy from the perspective of evolutionary thinking. Thisinvolves paying attention to concepts like diversity, population, selection, innovation,coevolution, group selection, path-dependence and lock-in. We critically discuss the notion ofevolutionary progress. The...