Social Exclusion: A Concept in Need of Definition

Abstract

“Social exclusion” is a debatable term, not only because it is used to refer to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty, deprivation and hardship, but also because it is used to depict a vast variety of excluded people and places of exclusion. This article presents some facts related to the confusing and complex nature of this concept in both the European Union and New Zealand.