Social Policy

SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL EXCLUSION This essay is written in order to evaluate and assess the ideology surrounding the term ‘Social Exclusion’ The aim is to summarise strategies that have been introduced by the government in order to effectively combat ‘Social Exclusion’. Firstly this essay will discuss the meaning of Social Exclusion. Social Exclusion is a term used for people or areas, which have in common a numerous amount of social problems such as unemployment, poverty, …

…of the contrast between Social Exclusion and the narrow thinking which reduces exclusion to unemployment thus displacing the primary burden of responsibility onto the already socially excluded themselves. Finally Martin Willis concludes: “ Doesn’t ‘Social Exclusion’ emphasise multi dimensional factors which are often combined with money – poverty, some of which can be addressed more through financial investment. Many problems faced by the excluded would not necessarily be solved even if their income were significantly increased”.