ABSTRACT
One participant wondered if social exclusion theory defined a binary system and was all or nothing—either one was excluded or one was not. This chapter focuses on the structural, long-term aspects of exclusion as influenced by income and economic policy, Figueroa responded that one way to test the theory would be to ascertain whether it could explain the persistent increase in income inequality in Latin America, especially in some of the more homogeneous countries. Exclusion could be taken as a long-term income distribution theory. Countries with very low income inequality had ups and downs, but at the same level. Another participant wondered how a larger system reproduced itself and what one could actually do on the margin to improve access, as opposed to exclusion and distribution. Another participant, nobody thought about social capital. One had no exclusion problems with the social capital approach.
