Social Exclusion

What are the macrolevel relational processes of social exclusion?

Access to affordable education, equal employment oppurnity legislation, cultural and gender norms

What are four aspects to social exclusion?

Denial of participation in civial affairs Denial of social goods such as healthcare, education, housing, income security, and language services. Exclusion from social production Economic exclusion when individuals cannot access economic resournces and opportunities

What are the four dimensions of social inclusion/exclusion?

Economic, political, social, cultural

What groups are at risk for social exclusion?

First Nations people, immigrants and refugees, racialized groups, people with disabilities, single parents, children and youth in disadvantaged circumstances, women, the elderly, LGBT.

What are the microlevel relational processes of social exclusion?

Income, occupational status, social networks around race, gender and religion.

What is exclusion?

It consists of dynamic, multi-dimensional processes driven by unequal power relationships.

What is social inclusion?

It is the provision of certain rights to all individuals and groups in society, such as employment, adequate housing, healthcare, education and training, etc., so they can fully participate in the econnomic and social benefits of society.

What is social exclusion?

It is used boadly to describe the structures and dynamics processes of inequalities among groups in society, which over time, structure access to critical resources that determine the quality of membership in soceity and ultimately produce and reproduce unequal outcomes. (Raphael, 2004)