SOCIAL POLICIES FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS. HOMELESS PEOPLE
SOCIAL POLICIES FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS. HOMELESS PEOPLE

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims to highlight both the causes and determinants of social exclusion, of vulnerable groups, namely street people. To improve the quality of life of the target group, both the state and Non-Governmental Organizations work together to implement social policies and programs to rehabilitate, prevent, and combat social exclusion, marginalization, and poverty prevention. Social exclusion is seen as a process that leads to a situation in which certain vulnerable persons and groups are unable to perform certain functions, being led to a state of poverty, and the status of social exclusion can be defined as a combination of deprivations. Social exclusion can be the framework for the perception of deprivation and especially of two dimensions of deprivation: the fact that it has a multidimensional character and hidden social relations. Another issue addressed is the relationship between poverty and social exclusion, being valued as a tool for drawing social policies. The two concepts approached coincide, encompassing a complex area of poverty based on relational aspects, economic, social and political dimensions of social exclusion. Regarding poverty, there is a vast and pronounced literature that treats the problem as a macro phenomenon affecting large territorial areas, which tend to detect its cross-cutting aspects or, aims to capture its specific expressions. The prevalent approach to poverty seems to be on the one hand that of social control, and on the other hand that inherent in the economic problem.

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