Social Exclusion in European Cities: Processes, Experiences and Responses: No. 23 (Regional Policy & Development S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853026093 ISBN 13: 9781853026096

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

This study defines what is meant by "social exclusion" in terms of its causes, how it is experienced and the way in which policy and community initatives are confronting the problem. It is argued that developments in the structure of the global economy, resulting in investment in certain areas, have intensified social polarization and exclusion. The symptoms of "social exclusion" include long-term unemployment; informalization of work; a widening gap in levels of income, education and health; and changing family structure. This is heightened, asserts the editor, by planning and housing policies, which often create whole neighbourhoods of disadvantaged people. Comparative studies of communities responding to social exclusion lead to proposals for urban regeneration schemes linking housing with employment as part of a Europe-wide initiative to combat the problem.

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Cars, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1853026093
• ISBN 13: 9781853026096
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Madanipour Ali, Cars Goran, Allen Judith