Description
Book SynopsisSocial Exclusion is a general terms that refers to what happens when people and/or areas suffer a variety of linked problems such as unemployment, low income, poor housing, high crime and poor health. In 1997 the prime minister set up the Social Exclusion Unit to improve government action on social exclusion.
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors.
Contributors.
Preface and Overview.
Chapter 1. Social Exclusion and Social Policy Research: Defining Exclusion (Jane Millar).
Chapter 2. Women's Social Exclusion (Diane Houston).
Chapter 3. The Social Psychology of Exclusion (Paul Hutchison,Julie Christian and Dominic Abrams).
Chapter 4. Stigma and Exclusion in Healthcare Settings (Elizabeth Mason- Whitehead and Tom Mason).
Chapter 5. Homelessness and Social Exclusion (David Clapham).
Chapter 6. Education and Social Exclusion (Peter Hick, John Visser and Natasha MacNab).
Chapter 7. Care Leavers, Exclusion and Access to Higher Education (Sonia Jackson).
Chapter 8. Social Exclusion and Crime (Chris Hale and Marian Fitzgerald).
Chapter 9. Social Inclusion: Race and Ethnicity: Policies in New Clothes (Greville Percival).
Chapter 10. Business and Social Inclusion (Ken Peattie).
Chapter 11. History and Development of Social Exclusion and Policy (David Gordon).
Chapter 12. A Relational Analysis of Social Exclusion (Dominic Abrams and Julie Christian).
Author Index.
Subject Index.