The Future of College and University Archives: Preservation of Mission by Adaptation to Rapid Technological and Institutional Change

Comma ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
William Maher
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
College And University ◽  
The Future ◽  
University Archives

Making the future by using the future: A study on influencing privacy protection rules through anticipatory storylines

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 984-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Minkkinen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Market Liberalisation ◽  
Discourse Coalitions ◽  
Made In

This article investigates how futures of privacy protection are made in Europe. The public consultation phase of the European Union’s data protection reform is analysed as a case of making the future by using the future, that is, influencing institutional change through anticipatory storylines. A qualitative analysis of consultation responses is conducted, and two discourse coalitions are identified. The industry coalition promotes market liberalisation to allow the digital future to emerge. The civil society coalition, in turn, argues for rescuing privacy with strict rules. The article suggests that plausibility in relation to the discursive and extra-discursive environment is crucial for the success of storylines. The second storyline was relatively successful because it was more plausible in light of the trend of legalism and the predominant future-oriented narrative of privacy in danger. The ‘anticipatory institutionalism’ approach opens novel perspectives concerning actors’ future-oriented projects in relation to historical processes.

Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt’s Political Future

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce K. Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Liberal State ◽  
Legal Code ◽  
The Future ◽  
Liberal Constitutionalism ◽  
Civil And Political Rights ◽  
Politically Active

This chapter observes that the path of institutional change advocated by market liberals shares important areas of agreement with the reforms advocated by supporters of liberal constitutionalism and Islamic constitutionalism. Each of these groups favors the creation of a more liberal state with effective constraints on its power, a clear and unbiased legal code, and protection of civil and political rights. However, there is no comparable degree of consensus on the value of broadening public participation in politics. This fact suggests that liberalism and democracy have become de-linked in the Egyptian case. Liberalism is likely to progress steadily in the future, while democracy is likely to advance slowly and unevenly. This trajectory may eventually lead to democracy at some point in the future, particularly if liberalism enhances the private sector's independence from the state and leads to a more autonomous and politically active middle class. However, this outcome is not inevitable.

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