Definition of
Exclusion
From Latin exclusive, exclusion is the action and effect of exclude (remove someone or something from a place, discard, reject, deny possibilities). For example: “Gómez’s exclusion from the team generated great controversy”, “Ricardo never forgave the exclusion of his wife from the guest list”, “The directors of the channel announced the exclusion of the journalist from their stable staff due to ideological disagreements”.
The concept of exclusion is very common in the field of social Sciences Or the policy to name the unfavorable social situation of one person or a group of individuals. In this sense, an economic system or a country model is expected to favor social integration and general well-being; those who do not enjoy development opportunities or who are unable to satisfy their basic needs are considered excluded.
- Causes of exclusion
- Risky situation
- Origin of the concept of exclusion
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Causes of exclusion
The exclusion may occur due to the implicit conditions of the system (which does not allow progress for all members of the community) or by a direct mechanism of discrimination (as in the case of apartheid in South Africa).
The most common exclusion factor is poverty. A person can be poor for multiple reasons (unemployment, low income, very large families, health problems): such poverty will mean that they cannot buy food, have decent housing, access medicine, etc. Therefore, poverty leads the subject to be outside the system, excluded.
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Risky situation
However, there are many other situations that can lead to a person being considered to be at risk of social exclusion. Thus, for example, in Spain the legislation determines that it will be ruled that someone suffers from it if they belong to groups such as the following: individuals with alcoholism or drug addiction problems who are participating in workshops and reintegration centers, young people between 18 and 30 years that are inside a center for the protection of minors, former inmates, those who are in prisons serving sentences…
In addition to all of the above, it must be emphasized that exclusion is a situation that is determined by the coincidence of issues such as poverty, discrimination, invisibility, reduced opportunities or lack of tolerance and solidarity.
See also: Insertion
Origin of the concept of exclusion
It is also important to establish that the term social exclusion arose in the 1970s. Specifically, it was in France where this expression began to be used as a result of the work entitled “Lex exclus: un Français sur Dix”, which was written by the who was Secretary of State for Social Action at that time: René Lenoir.
And it is that, using said term and carrying out the writing of that document, what he really wanted was to capture the situation that was lived in that time in the Gallic country, where a significant number of citizens were outside what was the Social Security system that came to function and protect the workers.
A peaceful and harmonious society is one that guarantees development opportunities for all its inhabitants and that has the necessary mechanisms to correct inequalities.
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