The challenge of social inclusion

Anotace

The volume represents the first comprehensive and scholarly sound assessment of the sociopolitical and economic situation of marginalized groups in the post-communist Czech Republic in the English language. It also comprises a comparative aspect, taking into consideration the developments in other Central and Eastern European countries. As a whole, the volume represents a comprehensive case study of the development of the causes of social marginalization, and of conditions of the socially excluded, as well as related public policy responses in the Czech Republic. It applies a broad variety of methods from sociology, labour economics, social policy, social psychology, policy analysis, ethnology and other disciplines. It studies important dimensions of social exclusion and inclusion in Czech society, namely the position of marginalized groups in the labour market, incidence of poverty, neighbourhood and family conditions, formation of identities, media images, as well as various aspects of public policy reactions to these situations: social work, employment policies, the potential of political participation, and more complex policy endeavours.

Prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., MSC