PREFACE ANDACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION: WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT - A BRIEF OVERVIEW PART 1 - THE CHALLENGE OF LONG-TERM DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE CHAPTER 1 - Intertemporal policy-making in advanced democracies: The risk of a presentist bias CHAPTER 2 - The presentist bias: Conceptualizing and assessing the problem CHAPTER 3 - Probing the causes of the presentist bias CHAPTER 4 - The policy dimensions the presentist bias PART 2 - PRINCIPLES AND PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING LONG-TERM DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE CHAPTER 5 - Foundations for prudent long-term governance CHAPTER 6 - Countering the presentist bias: Surveying the options PART 3 - ASSESSING THE OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING LONG-TERM DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE CHAPTER 7 - A constitution for the future CHAPTER 8 - Committing to a better future - The nature, design, and limits of commitment devices CHAPTER 9 - Insulating decision-making from short-term political pressures CHAPTER 10 - Enhancing voices for the future - The role of independent institutional advocates and guardians CHAPTER 11 - Advising for a better future - Evidence, metrics, frameworks, and institutions CHAPTER 12 - Designing and embedding a strategic foresight capability CHAPTER 13 - Creating the political conditions for policy investiments: Enhancing trust, shared goals, and patience PART 4 - TAKING CARE OF TOMORROW TODAY CHAPTER 14 - Towards a better tomorrow - Enhancing the capacity of advanced democracies to navigate, shape, and protect the future APPENDIX: RESEARCH: BACKGROUND AND METHODS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX