ABSTRACT
For ten years and more the concept of social exclusion has remained central to government social policy. It will continue so for the simple reason that profound inequality and disadvantage still shapes our society. Tackling social exclusion sets a fundamental agenda for the major public services – health, social services, education, neighbourhood regeneration, housing and the police. Within the concept, for all its many shades of meanings, lies a pathway to social justice, to fairness, to equality, to the guarantee of inalienable rights.
