ABSTRACT
Exclusion has come to hold a prominent place in the political discourse of all governments in the European Union and in the European Commission itself. As such, it figures importantly in various research agencies’ funding priorities attracting academics to develop and conduct major research programmes. But what does it mean? This book analyzes the different meanings the term exclusion has come to convey and surveys a wide variety of actual applications in different European countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|24 pages
The End of the Full Employment Society
Changing the basis of inclusion and exclusion
chapter 4|22 pages
Paid Work: A Crucial Link Between Individuals and Society?
Some conclusions on the meaning of work for social integration
chapter 5|24 pages
The ‘Underclass’: A Misleading Concept and a Scientific Myth?
Poverty and social exclusion as challenges to theories of class and social structure
chapter 8|18 pages
Stigma and Non-take up in Social Policy
Re-emerging properties of declining welfare state programmes?
chapter 11|30 pages
The Socio-Cultural Exclusion and Self-Exclusion of Foreigners in Finland
The case of Joensuu