Introduction
The first time I heard the term “Social Exclusion” was in a lecture on social housing given by Ms. Olivia Duncan who gave us a questionnaire at the beginning of the course asking us if social housing can prevent social exclusion and help solve this problem. I could not understand the question at that time, nor did I get the meaning of social exclusion. At first, I found myself with many questions about the topic. what did social exclusion mean? How does it feel to be socially excluded?
However, as we dived deeper into the topic, I finally understood what the true meaning of social exclusion is. This essay will shed light on social exclusion and the issues and problems that fall within its parameters. I will start by defining …show more content…
The term identifies and targets people from across the world who are at a social disadvantage. In other words, those individuals, or sometimes communities are banned from social rights, opportunities or resources that are usually accessible to normal and non-excluded communities. Some of these rights and resources can prove crucial for social integration, such as job opportunities, healthcare, education, housing, etc.
Moreover, many people find it difficult to differentiate between poverty and social exclusion. The main difference between poverty and social exclusion is the fact that social exclusion cannot be quantified whereas poverty can be quantitatively calculated. Poverty is simply a quantified outcome of a community while exclusion is an evident process of declination in social participation, involvement and …show more content…
Although the intent of the social housing is primarily good and purposive, but if the execution and delivery of the development was not done in a proper way; it can be the prime motive for social exclusion and anti-social behavior. Housing can play the major role that leads to social exclusion, mostly through homelessness, but also through bad housing conditions and living in excluded estates. Housing itself can be cause of exclusion; the homes where persons live can be part of the cause for their social rejection.
Nonetheless, many of the issues that get brought up when discussing the issue of social excluded estates point to problems like vandalism, littering and lack of community facilities. However, those problems are related to an area and not to a group of people, because those problems would not be the same if people lived somewhere else. People recognize this, and that is why they try to avoid moving to the worst places, and try to move out when they are there; because it is of the human nature to seek the best living environments and avoid such unorthodox rural areas that pushes us out of our comfort
The first time I heard the term “Social Exclusion” was in a lecture on social housing given by Ms. Olivia Duncan who gave us a questionnaire at the beginning of the course asking us if social housing can prevent social exclusion and help solve this problem. I could not understand the question at that time, nor did I get the meaning of social exclusion. At first, I found myself with many questions about the topic. what did social exclusion mean? How does it feel to be socially excluded?
However, as we dived deeper into the topic, I finally understood what the true meaning of social exclusion is. This essay will shed light on social exclusion and the issues and problems that fall within its parameters. I will start by defining …show more content…
The term identifies and targets people from across the world who are at a social disadvantage. In other words, those individuals, or sometimes communities are banned from social rights, opportunities or resources that are usually accessible to normal and non-excluded communities. Some of these rights and resources can prove crucial for social integration, such as job opportunities, healthcare, education, housing, etc.
Moreover, many people find it difficult to differentiate between poverty and social exclusion. The main difference between poverty and social exclusion is the fact that social exclusion cannot be quantified whereas poverty can be quantitatively calculated. Poverty is simply a quantified outcome of a community while exclusion is an evident process of declination in social participation, involvement and …show more content…
Although the intent of the social housing is primarily good and purposive, but if the execution and delivery of the development was not done in a proper way; it can be the prime motive for social exclusion and anti-social behavior. Housing can play the major role that leads to social exclusion, mostly through homelessness, but also through bad housing conditions and living in excluded estates. Housing itself can be cause of exclusion; the homes where persons live can be part of the cause for their social rejection.
Nonetheless, many of the issues that get brought up when discussing the issue of social excluded estates point to problems like vandalism, littering and lack of community facilities. However, those problems are related to an area and not to a group of people, because those problems would not be the same if people lived somewhere else. People recognize this, and that is why they try to avoid moving to the worst places, and try to move out when they are there; because it is of the human nature to seek the best living environments and avoid such unorthodox rural areas that pushes us out of our comfort