Koncepcje i strategie przeciwdziałania wykluczeniu społecznemu

Abstract

Social exclusion is a phenomenon of both the past and the present, and if nothing is done, it will also be one of the future. It affects millions of persons who struggle to survive in the hard- est living and working conditions. Throughout history, the forms taken by exclusion have evolved, both with regard to their characteristics and the attitudes adopted towards them. Exclusion cur- rently takes on different appearances on the various continents, and even within them, at the regional and national levels. But it affects everyone. Programmes and measures addressing its various aspects have also changed and are not the same in all four corners of the world. The ac- tors involved do not play the same role in their desire to reduce and eradicate exclusion. For all of the above reasons, it is important to gain a better knowledge of social exclusion.