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Understanding Social Inclusion and Its Meaning for Australia
Author(s) -
Silver Hilary
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2010.tb00174.x
Subject(s) - viewpoints , dignity , inclusion (mineral) , indigenous , sociology , project commissioning , meaning (existential) , social exclusion , corporate governance , publishing , social policy , perspective (graphical) , immigration , social science , political science , epistemology , law , management , economics , philosophy , art , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , visual arts , biology
This paper considers the various meanings of ‘social inclusion’ from both sociological and policy viewpoints. It shows how the perspective has been translated into particular policies and approaches to governance. After drawing some lessons from the policy experiences of other countries, it weighs the appropriateness of a ‘social inclusion agenda’ for Australia, a country with a particular history of social exclusion – of prisoners, indigenous people, and immigrants from around the world – and a special emphasis on dignity, respect and equal treatment.