Social Exclusion in Europe

Contents: Identifying social exclusion: some problems of meaning, Paul Littlewood and Sebastian Herkommer; The end of the full employment society: changing the basis for inclusion and exclusion, Georg Vobruba; Social exclusion and the flexibility of labour: a theoretical exploration, Gerrit van Kooten; Paid work - a crucial link between individuals and society?: some conclusions on the meaning of work for social integration, Ignace Glorieux; The underclass - a misleading concept and a scientific myth?: poverty and social exclusion as challenges to theories of class and social structure, Sebastian Herkommer and Max Koch; Women, work and welfare, Ingrid Jönsson; Ideas of social justice in the welfare state in Germany and The Netherlands, Roswitha Pioch; Stigma and non-take up in social policy: re-emerging properties of declining welfare state programmes?, Staffan Blomberg and Jan Petersson; Schooling, exclusion and self-exclusion, Paul Littlewood; Citizenship and exclusion in the European Union, Mike McGuinness; The socio-cultural exclusion and self-exclusion of foreigners in Finland: the case of Joensuu, M'hammed Sabour; Index.