Poverty and Exclusion in A Global World Author:A. S. Bhalla, Frederic Lapeyre This book interprets the notion of social exclusion in terms of a new approach to such social issues as "new poverty," long-term unemployment, precariousness, social polarization, and disintegration. Particular attention is paid to both the global relevance of the approach and its merit compared to the more conventional approaches of poverty and... more » deprivation. An analytical and operational framework is developed which focuses not so much on social exclusion as a state of economic and social deprivation but on the dynamic processes which create such a state and force individuals into precariousness and vulnerability.« less