NextGenerationEU as a (more) youth-friendly Europe?

IF 1 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/03906701.2023.2187831

Ewa Krzaklewska, A. Martelli, Ilaria Pitti

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ABSTRACT In many countries across Europe, youth conditions and intergenerational inequalities have frequently remained at the margins of political interest and a residual topic in discourses on welfare and in social policies. Difficulties in transitions to adulthood and issues of social inclusion of youth have, for a long time, been conceived of as problems to be addressed largely by acting on families rather than through policy measures addressing young people directly. In this scenario, the NextGenerationEU plan promises and requires a change of approach, defining youth inclusion as a strategic priority, identifying young people as main actors in their lives and in society, and imagining a more youth-inclusive and equal future for Europe. Focusing on Italy and Poland – two countries distinguished by a relatively weak social inclusion of young people and a familiarized approach to youth policy – the article retraces the main traits of the condition of youth in the two national contexts and reflects on what ideas of youth and of youth futures emerge in the national implementation programmes of the NextGenerationEU.

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下一代欧盟是一个(更)对青年友好的欧洲?

在欧洲许多国家，青年状况和代际不平等经常处于政治利益的边缘，也是福利和社会政策话语中的残留话题。长期以来，人们一直认为，向成年过渡的困难和青年融入社会的问题主要是通过家庭来解决，而不是通过直接针对青年的政策措施来解决。在这种情况下，“下一代欧盟”计划承诺并要求改变方法，将青年包容定义为战略优先事项，确定青年在其生活和社会中的主要角色，并为欧洲设想一个更加包容青年和平等的未来。以意大利和波兰为例，这两个国家的特点是对年轻人的社会包容相对较弱，对青年政策的做法较为熟悉。文章回顾了这两个国家背景下青年状况的主要特征，并反思了在“下一代欧盟”的国家实施方案中出现了哪些关于青年和青年未来的想法。

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期刊介绍： International Review of Sociology is the oldest journal in the field of sociology, founded in 1893 by Ren Worms. Now the property of Rome University, its direction has been entrusted to the Faculty of Statistics. This choice is a deliberate one and falls into line with the traditional orientation of the journal as well as of the Institut International de Sociologie. The latter was the world"s first international academic organisation of sociology which started as an association of contributors to International Review of Sociology. Entrusting the journal to the Faculty of Statistics reinforces the view that sociology is not conceived apart from economics, history, demography, anthropology and social psychology.