Dr. Jan-Urban Sandals artikkel
The Importance of Innovation for Democratic and Economic Develpment in Europe
er publisert i Chernivitsi Univerity Science Bulletin - Issue 710-711
Since the economic recession of 2007/08 many politicians, governments, scholars and practitioners have launched their ideas and theories on how to counteract unemployment, economic destruction, social exclusion, youth hopelessness, and tendencies of dissolution throughout Europe, which to a large extent threatens the stability and common understanding of Europe as a peaceful and democratic region (Krugman, 2012). Mainstream policies and ideologies have pointed towards economic bailouts and volunteering programs for youth employment as efficient weapons against social, economic and democratic defeat. The main themes have thus been that the state should secure existing jobs and create an environment for providing new job abilities, especially for marginalized groups in society like youth, immigrants and refugees, women, the poor and disabled, and graduating students, to mention just a few groups (European Commission: Employment Package, 2012).