This article is a critique of what Ruth Levitas calls the 'redistributionist discourse'on social
exclusion. While outlining a number of factors that have caused the living standards and …

During the 1990s, the notion of “social exclusion” has given a new impetus to the debate
about poverty and disadvantage. This paper assesses the extent of conceptual …

As the chapters in this book demonstrate, social exclusion is a key concept used to
understand various forms of inequality in contemporary capitalist societies. I argue in this …

This paper addresses several ambiguities in the social exclusion literature that fuel the
common criticism that the concept is redundant with respect to already existing poverty …

This article argues that the concept of social exclusion, which was orig inally developed to
describe the manifold consequences of poverty and inequality, has become embedded as a …

English This article explores the political discourse of social exclusion and its potential
impact on social policy. The analysis suggests that in France, Britain, and the European …

This paper makes a strong plea for the use of the concept of social exclusion, and argues
that it has relevance for richer as well as poorer countries. 1 The concept does not describe …

Social exclusion discourse originated in France, as an alternative to the Anglo-Saxon liberal
emphasis on poverty. Nonetheless, the two terms continue to be related, especially in …

The sociological literature on both poverty and social exclusion is large and varied, and the
abundance of references means that providing a review is an arduous task. 1 It becomes …

S ince the mid-1970s, the advanced capitalist democracies have been undergoing a
process of profound economic restructuring. As a consequence, new social problems have …