Social Inclusion: Possibilities and Tensions

by P. Askonas (Editor), A. Stewart (Editor)

Overview

Against a background of globalization, risk and cultural pluralism, the problem of social exclusion and its possible remedies have become a major focus for political and social analysis and policy making. This collection of original essays by leading social thinkers and analysts offers a comprehensive exploration of the topic and considers various practical agenda. Contributors include Zygmunt Bauman, Bernard Crick, John Gray, Ruth Lister, Raymond Plant, Richard Sennett and Charles Taylor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333918357
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/11/2000
Series:	Possibilities and Tensions
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	311
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

PETER ASKONAS is a Fellow of Heythorp College, University of London and Co-founder and Hon. Vice-President, Christian Association of Business Executives (CABE). He is the author of many articles and co-editor and co-author of Welfare and Values.

ANGUS STEWART is Lecturer in Sociology and Course Director, Master's Programme in Political Sociology at the London School of Economics. He is former editor of the British Journal of Sociology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Social Inclusion: An Introduction; A.Stewart PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON INCLUSION Inclusion: A Radical Critique; J.Gray Strategies for Social Inclusion: Promoting Social Cohesion or Social Justice?; R.Lister Never Ending Story: Inclusion and Exclusion in Late Modernity; A.Stewart What it Means 'To Be Excluded': Living to Stay Apart - or Together?; Z.Bauman Democratic Exclusion (And its Remedies?); C.Taylor The Ground of Inclusiveness; P.Askonas PART II: CONTEXTS OF INCLUSION: AREAS OF AMBIVALENCE AND TENSION The Consequences of Globalization and Corporate Structures for Projects of Social Inclusion; J.Perraton Unpredictability and Exclusion in the Weightless Economy; D.Coyle Is the Assertion of Minority Identity Compatible with the Idea of a Socially Inclusive Society?; P.Radcliffe Associative or Communal Society? Globalization of Media and Claims for Community; R.Collins PART III: AGENDAS OF INCLUSION Political Inclusion; R.Plant Meditation on Democracy, Politics and Citizenship; B.Crick Voluntarity: A Spark to be Nurtured; P.Askonas Inclusion in the Workplace? The Stakeholder Debate; D.Winstanley & C.Stoney Company Law: An Instrument for Inclusion; G.Slinger & S.Deakin Work and Social Inclusion; R.Sennett PART IV: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS Social Inclusion: A Radical Agenda?; A.Stewart Reflections on our Future; P.Askonas Index