Social Exclusion

Bibliographic Data

ID23743172
AuthorsH Silver (0000-0001-5130-4192, Brown University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages1-6
Publication date2019-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0486
OpenAlexW4242947269
ISBN9781118568446
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

Social exclusion is a multidimensional relational process of severing social ties, preventing access to institutions, denying opportunities for social participation, and impairing social cohesion and solidarity. It contributes to and is a result of poverty. Exclusion may be based upon cultural identities as well as on age, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, unemployment, and other stigmatized categories. These numerous dimensions of exclusion may intersect or accumulate over time and space. Social exclusion has spatial manifestations that compound the effects of other dimensions. Insiders and institutions wall themselves in and wall others out, using spatial distance as well as social and symbolic boundaries to restrict access to resources and relationships. Mechanisms of spatial exclusion include displacement, confinement, and seclusion. Exclusion impedes the ability of outsiders to fulfill normatively prescribed social roles and to participate fully in society.

Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Social exclusion · Sociology · Solidarity · Unemployment · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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