Change by whom? Four ways of adding actors and governance in backcasting studies

Abstract

There is a lack of actors and governance in backcasting studies. Given that such studies typically are used to explore and promote change, the absence of change agents and their institutions is a shortcoming. This paper presents four approaches to include actors and governance as objects of study in backcasting studies; the stakeholder analysis approach, the social network approach, the governance model approach, and the policy and change approach. In the paper a scenario study of the greening of private transport in Bromma, Stockholm is used as example. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Backcasting; Scenario; Governance; Actor

Published in

Futures
2011, volume: 43, number: 8, pages: 880-889
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

UKÄ Subject classification

Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2011.06.012

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/84240