The European Youth Strategy

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the analysis of the European Youth Strategy (2018) and its historical antecedents, which have been defining the policy priorities for European youth since the early 2000s. Through the examination of the changing policy objectives in the youth field, the chapter traces how the policy instruments utilised by the European institutions evolved. It identifies several governance mechanisms and five policy instruments used to coordinate and influence domestic adaptation of youth policies. The chapter identifies the legal, symbolic and epistemological functions these Youth Strategies have played at the European and national policy level. The Structured Dialogue, particularly,..