America: Moving Ahead (Tackling Tomorrow Today)

Table of Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
Pt1: Jobs, Careers, and Workplaces-Tomorrow......Page 18
Essay1: Future Job Trends......Page 20
Essay2: The Future of Making a Living......Page 32
Essay3: Innovating the Future......Page 41
Essay4: Care to be a Doctor Tomorrow?......Page 47
Essay5: Is There a Union in Your Future?......Page 57
Pt2: Challenged at Home......Page 68
Essay6: Schooling in 2010......Page 69
Essay7: Alternative Futures of Crime and Prisons......Page 77
Essay8: January 2051: A Letter to My Best Bud......Page 87
Essay9: Floating Cities......Page 98
Pt3: Challenged Abroad......Page 109
Essay10: Globalization and You......Page 111
Essay11: Shaping Tomorrow's Foreign Policy......Page 120
Pt4: War and Peace Prospects-Tomorrow......Page 126
Essay12: Future Tense: War and Peace in 2015......Page 128
Essay13: Future Options for the Middle East......Page 136
Essay14: Forecasting Iraq's Future......Page 146
Essay15: Alternative Futures of War......Page 156
Essay16: Peacemaking: From Talk to Action......Page 167
Epilogue: On Using Futuristics......Page 176
Essay17: Creating Your Own Future......Page 179
Appendix: Student Feedback......Page 185
Abstracts from Future Survey......Page 197
Annotated Bibliography......Page 212
Notes on Contributors......Page 225
Index......Page 230