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RAND

 

INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT:

GLOBAL SOCIETAL TRENDS TO 2030: THEMATIC REPORT 3

by Marlon Graf, Jeremy J. Ghez, Dmitry Khodyakov, Ohid Yaqub

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR920z3.html

or

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR900/RR920z3/RAND_RR920z3.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages]

 

This Research Report forms part of our series on global societal trends and their impact on the EU in 2030. This analysis is embedded within the framework of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) set up to develop a lasting framework to assess global trends and to develop policy responses across EU institutions over the next institutional cycle (2014–2019). The first phase of the project assessed the long-term, international, domestic, economic and political trends facing the European Union over the next two decades; the second phase of the project split trends into three streams, namely the economy, governance and power, and society. RAND Europe's assessment of likely global societal trends constituted 'Trend Report 2 — Society' for this second phase.

 

This report presents the evidence base, uncertainties and potential trajectories surrounding trends in one of the six major themes which form part of Trend Report 2 — Society, namely individual empowerment. The report analyses how human development, grassroots movements and access to the internet and social media are likely to empower citizens in Europe and beyond, forming a significant societal challenge for the EU in the coming decades. These changes stem partly from technological progress and the rising schooling rates in many countries across the globe, and the new ways in which citizens engage with the state.

 

Table of Contents

 

Chapter One

Delimiting individual empowerment

Chapter Two

Access to education as a driver of empowerment

Chapter Three

Gender equality: a dimension of individual empowerment

Chapter Four

The spread of human rights as a corollary of empowerment

Chapter Five

Political participation and the evolution of grassroots movements

 

see also

A GROWING AND AGEING POPULATION:

GLOBAL SOCIETAL TRENDS TO 2030: THEMATIC REPORT 1 [12 February 2015]

by Benoit Guerin, Stijn Hoorens, Dmitry Khodyakov, Ohid Yaqub

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR920z1.html

or

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR900/RR920z1/RAND_RR920z1.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

 

EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CONNECTEDNESS:

GLOBAL SOCIETAL TRENDS TO 20130: THEMATIC REPORT 2  [12 February 2015]

by Veronika Horvath, Jeremy J. Ghez, Dmitry Khodyakov, Ohid Yaqub

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR920z2.html

or

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR900/RR920z2/RAND_RR920z2.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

 

AN ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL SOCIETAL RENDS TO 2030 AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EU [27 November 2015]

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/global-societal-trends.html

 

 

 

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