Reporting on social exclusion: standard of living and social participation in Hungary, Spain, and Germany

Abstract: "The issue of social exclusion, currently of particular concern to policy makers in Brussels, is a manifestation of new aspects of social inequality that are supposed to go along with persistent high unemployment rates and increasing poverty affection. The concept provides a multidimensional and dynamic perspective of the resultant weakened possibilities to participate in social life. The growing acceptance of the term, however, has not been accompanied by a consensus regarding who exactly belong under its rubric nor how this could be verified empirically. This contribution makes an effort to cut down the broad meaning of social exclusion in order to propose dimensions and indicators for measurement and monitoring purposes. With the help of actual data from the Euromodule, a representative survey instrument for European welfare comparison, the interplay between standard of living and social participation is analysed in Hungary, Spain, and Germany. The three countries represent diff

Object Details

• Alternative title: Soziale Exklusion: Lebensstandard und soziale Partizipation in Ungarn, Spanien und Deutschland
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 29 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Veröffentlichung / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse, Abteilung Sozialstruktur und Sozialberichterstattung ; Bd. 01-407

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Isolation ; Ausgrenzung ; Lebensstandard ; Sozialer Indikator ; Vergleich ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Ungarn ; Spanien ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2001
• Creator: Böhnke, Petra
• Contributor: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-115502
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:44 PM CET