Social exclusion

What is social exclusion?

Social exclusion relates to being unable to enjoy levels of participation that most of
society takes for granted. It is a complex, multi-dimensional, multi-layered and
dynamic concept that the EU’s social inclusion process defined as:

‘… a process whereby certain individuals are pushed to the edge of society and prevented from participating fully by virtue of their poverty, or lack of basic competencies and lifelong learning
opportunities, or as a result of discrimination. This distances them from job, income and
education opportunities as well as social and community networks and activities. They have
little access to power and decision-making bodies and thus often feeling powerless and
unable to take control over the decisions that affect their day to day lives’.

"Social exclusion is multi-dimensional in that it encompasses income poverty, unemployment,
access to education, information, childcare and health facilities, living conditions, as well as social participation. It is multi-layered insofar as the causes of exclusion can be at the national, community, household or individual level." (Eurostat Edition 2010)

Research papers on a variety of subjects linked to social exclusion can be found at

CASE Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/view/sets/LSE_RC_80.html

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