Social exclusion theories
Social exclusion as a concept emerged from Pierre Lenoir who was the French
Secretary of State for Social Welfare during the 1970s referring to outcastes
(mental/physical handicapped, problem children, single parent households,
drug addicts, and other “social misfits”) who were not under the protection of
social insurance principles then. Later on, it had become to
refer to people with social disadvantages including unemployed, as well as nonparticipation
from the labour market and finally it became a new description of
the difficulty establishing solidarities between individuals/groups and the society
(Silver 1995:64). It is linked with social discrimination and can be the and
thus results in a sequence of denial of rights. For example, if one become
homeless due to unemployment. Because they can not be hired, they may engage
in informal work such as garbage collecting. It is usually at night that
stores throw garbage away therefore many of them do nothing during the daytime
but work at night. Because of what they do and how they look, they can
be the subject of discrimination by other members of society, and because they
have no address it is not possible for them to receive welfare related notice
which is aimed to protect people or what so ever.