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5 SCENARIO LOGICS<br />

Analysis <strong>of</strong> the driving forces <strong>of</strong> change, trends and issues in respect to the degree <strong>of</strong> their<br />

uncertainty and level <strong>of</strong> impact allowed us to identify nine scenario logics, around which the<br />

scenarios are structured. The scenario logics around which the scenarios present in the next<br />

section are organised are depicted in Figure 12.<br />

6 SCENARIOS FOR IRELAND IN 2030<br />

SCENARIO 1: <strong>THE</strong> SOW OF LIBERTY<br />

Globalisation<br />

European Cohesion<br />

Irish Stability<br />

Values<br />

People<br />

Spatial patterns<br />

Competitiveness<br />

Sustainability<br />

Learning<br />

Figure 12: Scenario logics.<br />

“Market forces on the march”<br />

This scenario is based on expanding globalisation and<br />

growing libertarianism. It assumes steady economic growth,<br />

the further opening-up <strong>of</strong> markets and rapid technological<br />

advances. There is a diminishing role for national<br />

government, and a growing emphasis upon international<br />

collaboration, largely aimed at facilitating global<br />

competition and enhancing market efficiency. Social and<br />

government institutions, however, generally are weakened<br />

at both national and international level. Developed nations<br />

are fragmented into many differentiated and competing<br />

sub-national regions and interests. The accent overall is on<br />

the individual, and the prime motivation materialistic.<br />

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