Social Policy initiatives in response to Combating Social Exclusion.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:46:50
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1611 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1611 words)
The history of poverty and social exclusion has been a chequered one, with concepts endlessly being redefined and past ideas revisited as the pendulum swings among Right and Left ideologies and among individual and collective responsibilities. In the last two decades, the UK has witnessed the importation of the 'underclass' debate from the USA, a decrease in the application of the concept of 'poverty', and the adoption of the concept of 'social exclusion' from France, …
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