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<<Not long after I stumbled across the Bulgarian's lament, I also stubbed
my touchpad finger on these. It seems there may be a trend in Europe
(check out their UNemployment figures) with 'marginalisation' of members
of their societies. Note that the UNemployment figures ANYWHERE account
for those reporting to various agencies and may not include those who just
live in the shadows (or, what used to be not so out of the ordinary).
Anyway, the statistics look good for councils meetings polls whathaveyou
but there's always that plus or minus a per cent or two or three or more
that remain(s) unaccounted for. A<>E<>R >>
>From www.demos.co.uk
> DEMOS is an independent think tank and research institute based in
> London. Launched in 1993, its role is to help reinvigorate public policy
> and political thinking and to develop radical solutions to long term
> problems.
>
>
> the most influential think tank in Britain
> The Economist
>
> the most challenging agenda for the next century
> The Times
>
> exactly the sort of long term thinking that is missing from the current
> political debate Financial Times
> The Real Deal
>
> What young people really think about government, politics and social
> exclusion
>
>
>
> By Tom Bentley and Kate Oakley with Sian Gibson and Kylie Kilgour
>
> ISBN 1 898 309 83 3
> £11.95
> Published: Monday 17th May 1999
>
> Young people are the focus of debate and attention across the developed
> world. Images of youth dominate the media and the effects of social
> exclusion and disadvantage on the young are the cause of growing
> concern.
>
> Governments have responded with policies on schools, jobs, drugs, crime
> and homelessness, while public and media debates focus on the pressures
> and risks faced by young people growing up now and the apparent
> inability of adult society to support them more effectively.
>
> But the voices of young people themselves are rarely heard in these
> debates. Despite their direct experience and expertise, media and policy
> makers are often unable or unwilling to include them systematically in
> debating and deciding what should be done.
>
> The Real Deal, a unique consultation project, set out to address this
> problem. Over 150 young people aged 14-24 were consulted over a period
> of eight months. Between them they have experience of homelessness,
> school exclusion, the care system, family breakdown, abuse,
> unemployment, drugs and crime. Their views and ideas had never been
> sought before. This report sets out what they said.
>
> The real deal presents a direct and authoritative picture of life for
> people growing up with social exclusion in the United Kingdom today and
> the issues which matter to them.
>
> These include:
>
> community and identity
> drugs and recreation
> learning and working
> politics and government
> family and support
> housing and homelessness
>
> The report shows that, despite the disillusionment and sense of
> isolation which many of these young people feel, they want the same
> things in life as most other people and are determined to find positive
> solutions to the challenges they face. The policies they call for are
> essential to ensuring that all young people are involved in creating a
> more positive future.
> Destination Unknown
>
> Engaging with the problems of marginalised youth
>
>
>
> By Tom Bentley and Ravi Gurumurthy
>
> ISBN 1 898309 29 9
> £9.95
> Published: Monday 17th May 1999
>
> This ground-breaking report sets out, for the first time, a detailed
> national picture of the numbers of young people who are 'off register':
> not in work, full-time education or training and not claiming
> unemployment benefits. It shows that the problems facing those at risk
> are far greater than the limited picture provided by unemployment
> statistics or school league tables . The situation they face puts them
> at disproportionate risk of long-term marginalisation, with huge costs
> to individuals, government and society as a whole.
>
> Many of these young people do not show up in official registers of
> unemployment or qualify for programmes such as the New Deal. Their
> contact with government and mainstream society is infrequent, their
> attachment work, learning and community life are weak.
>
> However, far from being a 'lost generation' , some people have shown how
> to engage and support those most at risk and increase their chances of
> long term achievement . Ensuring that all young people have the
> opportunity to reach productive , independent adulthood requires a
> campaign of outreach and engagement, and long term change to the
> framework of public services.
>
> The report argues that reforms must focus on the overall coherence of
> support and provision, rather than on the effectiveness of single
> institutions and programmes. Drawing on lessons from local projects,
> international best practice and new statistical evidence, it sets a
> challenging agenda for government, the voluntary sector and local
> communities to achieve social inclusion for all.
<< Then, and THEN, I found this (same general location). Interesting how the
U.S. talks about "big Government" and the citizenry not having a large amount
of involvement nor a voice in what goes on inside the "Beltway". Gee, it
sounds so "Utopian": having governments that are able to just take care of
everything for the people. {Sounds like a life-long episode of the "Prisoner"
or a return to the days of olde when kings and their knights and the ladyes had
big houses made of stone, surrounded by high walls which were surrounded by man-
made lakes ... } A<>E<>R >>
> Politics without frontiers: the role of political parties in Europe's future
>
> Mark Leonard
>
> ISBN 1 898309 63 9
>
> £9.95
>
> 40 years after the Treaty of Rome, the European Union is less popular than ever
> before. While politics has become ever more European, links between the EU and
> European citizens have failed to keep up. In Politics without frontiers, Mark
> Leonard uses new data to show how only radically reformed multinational
> political parties can connect Europeans with the policy makers and institutions
> acting in their name.
>
> The facts
>
> Leonard argues that the EU developed as a dumping ground for issues national
> politicians wanted to avoid. Although national politicians and parties continue
> to think, talk and act in exclusively national terms, power has long since moved
> beyond national boundaries.
>
> •80% of economic and social legislation and 50% of all legislation is decided at
> EU level •20-30% of civil service time is taken up with EU matters •90% of EU
> decisions are taken by national civil servants behind closed doors •EU law has
> precedence over UK law, impinging on all areas except housing, civil liberties
> and domestic crime.
>
> But the public is unaware, uninterested and disconnected from European level
> decisions:
>
> •Only 2% of the British public know 'a great deal' about the EU. 73% know 'very
> little' or 'nothing at all'. •Turn-out in Euro-elections is falling at each
> successive election •4% of Europeans consider agriculture a priority yet 50% of
> the EU budget is devoted to it.
>
> The conventional solutions
>
> One solution to this legitimacy crisis is to retreat back into nation states.
> But this is untenable when so much of economic and social life has gone
> transnational. The other common solution is to give more power to the European
> Parliament, using referendums and Presidential elections to restore legitimacy.
> But to the public, the EU is remote and self absorbed. It does not provide
> Europeans with the opportunity to vote for the kind of Europe they want.
>
> Politics without frontiers
>
> Leonard argues that only radically reformed multinational parties can bridge the
> gap between what the public want and what the EU delivers. Political parties are
> best able to: define strategic goals, project a coherent ethos, articulate the
> interests of social groups, implement policy and scrutinise legislation. To
> develop politics without frontiers parties need to:
>
> •draw up strategic programmes at EU level •place ministers for European Affairs
> in Brussels •set up a legislative training college for MPs to educate them about
> the EU •include an EU element in the national curriculum •seat council ministers
> according to party-alignment rather than alphabetical order.
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