A report examined why adults with multiple needs, especially those in contact with the criminal justice system, often had bad experiences when dealing with organizations that were supposed to help them.
Source: Sarah Anderson, Complex Responses: Understanding poor frontline responses to adults with multiple needs – A review of the literature and analysis of contributing factors, Revolving Doors Agency
Links: Report | RDA press release
Date: 2011-Nov
An annual assessment of poverty in the United Kingdom said that the coalition government did not have a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy, and relied too much on the tax and benefits system alone to encourage people into work – repeating the mistake made by its Labour predecessor.
Source: Hannah Aldridge, Anushree Parekh, Tom MacInnes, and Peter Kenway, Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2011, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Links: Report | Findings | JRF press release | Guardian report
Date: 2011-Nov
A report examined progress on implementation of the European Commission s 'active inclusion' strategy – designed to support people experiencing social exclusion to live in dignity and help them move towards a decent job, or to get more confidence and skills to participate more actively in their communities.
Source: Active Inclusion – Making it Happen, European Anti-Poverty Network
Links: Report | EAPN press release
Date: 2011-Oct
A paper used data for 24 European countries to examine how inequality in different parts of the income distribution was related to civic, cultural, and social participation. A substantial part of the impact of inequality manifested itself through resources at the individual and societal level: but, independent of resources, it was still the case that higher inequality magnified the relationship between income and participation.
Source: Bram Lancee and Herman van de Werfhorst, Income Inequality and Participation: A comparison of 24 European countries, Discussion Paper 6, GINI Project (European Commission)
Links: Paper
Date: 2011-Sep
A report said that around 60,000 adults facing multiple needs and exclusions were being let down by services, living chaotic lives, and facing premature death because society failed to understand and co-ordinate the support that they needed. It called for effective, co-ordinated services for people with multiple needs, empowering them to tackle their problems, reach their full potential, and contribute to their communities.
Source: Anna Page and Oliver Hilbery, Turning the Tide: A vision paper for multiple needs and exclusions, Making Every Adult Matter/Revolving Doors Agency
Links: Report | MEAM/Revolving Doors press release
Date: 2011-Sep
A paper outlined the rationale for including questions relating to the relationship between social exclusion and mental health problems in a survey on poverty and social exclusion..
Source: Sarah Payne, Social Exclusion and Mental Health: Review of literature and existing surveys, Working Paper 15, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK Project
Links: Paper
Date: 2011-Jul
A paper examined how surveys captured information on people's participation in common social activities, for the purposes of measuring social participation/exclusion.
Source: Grace Kelly and Mary Daly, Indicators of Social Participation, Working Paper 14, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK Project
Links: Paper
Date: 2011-Jul
A report examined income and living conditions in Europe. Separate chapters covered: household structure; income poverty and income inequality; characteristics of the income-poor and the materially deprived; socio-economic determinants of health; social participation and social isolation; the distribution of employees' labour earnings; educational intensity of employment; in-work poverty; the impact of basic public services on the distribution of income; distributional effects of direct taxes and social transfers; and measuring broader well-being.
Source: Anthony Atkinson and Eric Marlier (eds.), Income and Living Conditions in Europe, Eurostat (European Union)
Links: Report | Eurostat press release
Date: 2011-Feb
A report examined the link between analyzing power and achieving social change. It focused on developing an understanding of how those who had traditionally been regarded as having the least power in society could make things happen for themselves through understanding the power they did have, and using it to influence change.
Source: Raji Hunjan and Soumountha Keophilavong, Power and Making Change Happen, Carnegie UK Trust
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Feb
A report examined different dimensions of social exclusion in Europe, including employment, healthcare, housing, and financial exclusion.
Source: Time for Action: Responding to poverty, social exclusion and inequality in Europe and beyond, Social Watch
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Feb
A new book examined the emerging governance of social inclusion in the European Union and the use of the open method of co-ordination as a mechanism of 'Europeanization' of domestic social policy.
Source: Kenneth Armstrong, Governing Social Inclusion: Europeanization through policy coordination, Oxford University Press
Links: Summary
Notes: The open method of co-ordination (OMC) is an intergovernmental means of governance in the European Union, based on the voluntary co-operation of member states rather than the application of legislative measures.
Date: 2011-Jan
An article examined how sports-based interventions might promote social inclusion. Programmes had achieved varying degrees of success: but their impact on exclusionary processes was 'inevitably limited'. Moreover, sports-based interventions risked diverting attention from the problem of structural inequalities.
Source: Laura Kelly, '"Social inclusion" through sports-based interventions?', Critical Social Policy, Volume 31 Issue 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Jan
An article examined the social distribution of access to, and uptake of, information/communications technology, and explored key factors restricting the digital engagement of young people from lower-income households and communities. Strategies to bridge digital divisions needed to pay more attention to the social rather than technological barriers that inhibited communications inclusion.
Source: Stephen Sinclair and Glen Bramley, 'Beyond virtual inclusion – communications inclusion and digital divisions', Social Policy and Society, Volume 10 Issue 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Jan