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The paper identities what is meant by poverty and social exclusion and highlights their differences. The author examines three different strategies that can be adopted by social workers to overcome issues of poverty and social exclusion among young people. The paper describes the use by social care professionals of social justice, social networks and communitarianism.

From the Paper
"Social capital is where social networks exist to support those who are experiencing difficulties. These could include traditional social care professionals; however the role of the wider society is very important. Voluntary support groups along with organisations and clubs could act in a way to provide young people with support if they are feeling alienated from society. However, in recent decades the existence of social capital has significantly reduced and society does not act in the same inclusive and helpful way that it once did."

Tags:networks, sure start, communitarianism, social capital, justice

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This paper explains that social exclusion is one of the ways in which social inequalities are expressed within urban areas. The author points out that residents are grouped together according to a number of factors including socio-economic status, race, gender and even age. The paper relates that those individuals with few economic resources, limited social capital or belonging to the wrong gender or race end up being excluded from the social process that ultimately shapes urban areas. The author underscores that urban sociology fits into this field of study because these activities determine the shape of the city, which in turn affects the behavior of individuals. The paper states that the simplest form of social exclusion is that there is no space for the groups that are being excluded, such as the homeless.

From the Paper
"Public spaces are enclosed because they have economic value. However, the economic interests of corporations and other members of society are entwined with political and social interests. As certain economic, social and political interests come to dominate public spaces, certain social elements must be excluded. This is a perfect example of how the social processes involved in the city ultimately change the physical nature of the city. These changes in physical structure ultimately result in further social change. This clearly demonstrates the relationship between social exclusion and urban sociology."

Tags:immigrants, public spaces, inequalities homeless suburban

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This paper explores the importance of the story "The Girl Next Door" and its significance. The paper looks at the major theme of the story which is social exclusion and shows how everyone was preying on each other to improve their social status.

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"In "The Girl Next Door", David Sedaris looks at the life of an unnamed protagonist who is moving out of his apartment. His reasons for moving out of the apartment are directly related to the fact that his neighbours are harassing him mercilessly. The major theme in this story is social exclusion. All of the characters are involved in some form of social exclusion. The two main forms of social exclusion are based on socio-economic status, gender and sexual orientation. In essence the story's point is that marginalized groups in society will prey on each other in order to improve this social status."

Tags:girl, next, door

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The paper explains that social determinants of health consist of the social and economic conditions which affect the health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions in either a positive or negative way. The paper further explains how all the social determinants of health intersect with other determinants to produce disparities in health outcomes. This paper explores one cluster of social determinants of health: aboriginal status, income, gender and social exclusion.

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"Social determinants of health consist of the social and economic conditions which affect the health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions in either a positive or negative way. The social determinants of health determine outcomes of health or illness for individuals and they also determine the resources which people will have available to them (Raphael, 2004). All the social determinants of health intersect with other determinants to produce disparities in health outcomes. This paper will explore one cluster of social determinants of..."

Tags:determinants, health, policy

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This paper explores the concept of social exclusion in urban areas. According to the paper, there are plenty of examples of how social activities shape a city. These changes in turn determine the shape of social activities.

From the Paper
"Urban areas provide for a wide range of social, political, economic and spatial relationships. One of the relationships that develops in urban areas is social exclusion. In Urban Canada Harry H. Hiller argues, The term social exclusion has become an inclusive shorthand to refer to the syndrome of poverty and multiple deprivations, including lack of employment, low income, poor housing and health, and limited access..."

Tags:urban, sociology, exam

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The paper evaluates the relationship of social work to social justice and contends that social work has a record of exclusion of oppressed or marginalized groups. The paper highlights the destructive imperialistic influence in the field of social work and education. The paper shows how immigrants are unwilling to interact with social workers because the immigrant's history provokes an anger and fear of social workers that is indeed justified. The paper asserts that change must begin at the level of interaction as opposed to waiting for the controlling imperialistic mindset to change.

Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Imperialistic in Thought and Basis
Problems in Social Work Practice Explored
The Solution

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"In understanding the historical perspective of social work in the United States one must first gain an understanding of the basis of the formation of the United States in its' thought and rationale of order within a governmental system. In a speech on social work Ruth G. Dean from the Simmons School of Social Work stated that: "Social work, it seems, now content spending more time doing paperwork than working with people. We talk and write in the professional patois of pathology rather than with words that worry life and insight into dreams and aspirations and hope.""

Tags:racism, imperialism, exclusion, welfare, immigrants

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The following paper examines how both blacks and women have experienced exclusion and discounting of their sociological positions based solely on either their color or gender, regardless of the "rationality" of their arguments in the past. This paper discusses how feminist sociologists are insisting that what has been labeled their "radical feminist" approaches to the development and application of social theory be given the same weight as that of men in the field and the experiences and culture of half the world's population be considered in the study of the whole.

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"In January 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft completed A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, the first major work of feminist theory. She was one of many 18thcentury feminists who were responding to the wave of social revolution sweeping Europe and America, hoping to assure that women would be considered entitled to the same natural rights as men. Male theorists who developed and enforced the natural rights doctrine did not accept the feminist position. Their world view of the Enlightenment was predicated upon the assumption that the rational world is superior to, and must control, the nonrational world; men rational and therefore the lords of creation and had the right to impose their "reason" on all without it: women, nonhuman creatures and the earth itself. The view of women as excluded from legal personhood was legalized by Blackstone in his common law stating that the "very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband". This meant, that as non-persons, married women had no property rights, no control over inheritance, no control over custody and no right to bring civil suit."

Tags:gender, age, ethnicity, class, major, dimensions, social, inequality, human, societies, analysis, patriarchal, power, social, class, definition, entitlement, natural, rights, person

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The paper looks at the issue of unemployment and the social problems that it creates, along with how social work may help those that are unemployed. It examines the negative effects of unemployment, which includes the financial difficulties, social exclusion and the loss of some freedoms as a result of this, as well as long-term damage to skills. The paper also addresses issues caused by long-term unemployment; potential psychological harm, loss of motivation, and an increasing crime rate. The paper analyses the differences in unemployment between Europe and America and discusses what can be learnt in their fight against inequality and unemployment. The role of the social worker and the help they can give to those that are unemployed is discussed.

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"Some of the other problems caused by unemployment include psychological harm, ill health, lack of motivation, loss of family life, and racial and gender inequality. Psychological harm comes from the perception that someone who cannot find work must not be good for anything (Danser & Laub, 1981). It can destroy the lives of the unemployed turning them to alcoholism, suicide, and other problems. Racial and gender inequality is one of the biggest problems of unemployment. Ethnic tension increases when, for example, many whites have jobs while many blacks have been turned down for those same jobs. It adds to the intolerance of people of other races and genders, and can be very destructive to society."

Tags:skills, psychological, harm, lack, of, motivation, racial, gender, inequality, ethnic, tension, fiscal, burden

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In Silla and Koryo women exercised a degree of political power that they did not possess again between 1392 and 1945. The sources and manifestations of this political power are identified. Subsequently, women's precipitous decline and exclusion after 1392 is briefly examined and causes are sought in the Silla and Koryo period. It will be demonstrated that women exercised considerably more influence in the earlier period than they did subsequent to 1392.

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Emerson's individualism appears radical when set against the biblical tradition, but it seems conservative to a late-twentieth-century observer in its inability to sever its connections to the sexism and racism that accompanied the inscription of Lockean individualism into the founding documents of the United States. The dominant discourse of that culture spoke in theory about liberty and justice for all individuals, but in practice in 1841 it defined the term "individual" in a strictly limited way. To be an individual was to be white, Christian, male and property-owning. In his public and private writings Emerson struggles to recognize and disavow the exclusion of women and blacks from the social contract, with mixed results. The purpose of this paper is to examine the context of the social contract within the writings of Emerson.