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Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice

The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process

  • Interdisciplinary approach
  • Describes the challenges of demographic change within a larger view of intergenerational justice
  • Practical and focused on policy-making
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Demographic Trends

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Low Fertility in Europe in a Global Demographic Context

      • Wolfgang Lutz, Vegard Skirbekk
      Pages 3-19
  3. The Impact of Demographic Developments on Key Indicators

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
  4. The Relationship Between Key Sustainability Indicators and Intergenerational Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Demographic Change and Sustainability: A Generational Balance

      • R. Andreas Kraemer, Daniel Blobel, Anneke von Raggamby, Doris Knoblauch
      Pages 99-125
    3. Intergenerational Justice in an Extreme Longevity Scenario

      • Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld
      Pages 127-134
  5. Intergenerational Justice and Population Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
  6. The Implementation of Long-term Thinking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Changing the German Constitution in Favor of Future Generations – Four Perspectives from the Young Generation

      • Marco Wanderwitz, Peter Friedrich, Anna Lührmann, Michael Kauch
      Pages 163-173
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 207-218

About this book

Intergenerational justice has been achieved if the opportunities of the members of the next generation to fulfill their needs are better than those of the members of the preceding generation. For this, each generation ought to leave for the next generation an amount of resources is at least equal to its own amount.

The book deals with the complex relationship between intergenerational justice and demographic change and is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach. The authors come from a multitude of professional backgrounds and from several countries. This illustrates the implications of the demographic shift from many different perspectives. The book deals not only with the aspects of economic policy but also with environmental, societal and philosophical issues. The comprehensive volume is composed of five sections that pinpoint demographic trends, examine the impact of demographic changes on key indicators, investigate the relationship between key indicators and intergenerational justice, scrutinize population policies, and finally propose ways to implement long-term thinking on these issues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stiftung für die Rechte zukünftiger Generationen, Oberursel, Germany

    Jörg Chet Tremmel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice

  • Book Subtitle: The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process

  • Editors: Jörg Chet Tremmel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77084-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77083-1Published: 27 March 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09583-2Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77084-8Published: 04 March 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 218

  • Topics: Demography, Quality of Life Research, Population Economics, Fundamentals of Law

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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