What do we call social exclusion?

Abstract

This essay is focussed on social exclusion. In our exposition, we try to fit its offspring on a specific historical, economical and social context, clearly european, and its differences in relation to other concepts and theories that in some cases resemble. We refer to concepts such as social exclusion, dependence, marginality or informality. We also present a tipology of the excluded people, speaking as well of agents, reasons and strategies employed in its treatment.