... based on bottom-up activity and how, on the other hand, they may foster the empowerment of citizens and local communities. The following research questions guide our empirical study: RQ2. What kinds of social innovations are linked to these trends and how do they impact on the role...

... be a useful complementary initiative to combat social exclusion and open up new futures for work that are currently closed off. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Employment Empowerment Economic return Camford foresight/ vol.01, no.04, aug.99 th e jou rn al of futu res stu dies, strateg ic th inkin g an d...

... requirements for multi‐dimensional cooperation, shared values and goals, participation and empowerment, and learning, represent a greater challenge for communitarianism than most other social issues. To span geography, political systems, cultures, and many generations of time, it is argued that supra...