Is Social Exclusion the cause of disintegration of our society?

Answer 1

Social discrimination is needed to construct a meritocratic society of specialists. Further, Societies can use Stereotypes as enemies so that everyone knows who they are, by pointing out what they are not.
So Social Exclusion could be seen as a force that is both literally disintegrative and at the same time cohesive and affirmative.
It does result in misery and exclusion though. For reasons that are often arbitrary.
As for the disintegration of our society. Society itself, or at least mass urbanisation, has long been recognised as a source of mental aggravation for people. The primate psychology stuff is usually cited. 'Our minds aren't evolved to deal with interactions on these scales..'. blah blah blah. So you could argue that society is inherently unstable, and has been trying to disintegrate for ages. Devolutionary impulses seem to express this.
It seems a miracle we've kept (most of) the plates spinning for this long.

Answer 2

According to Blair Social Exclusion does not exist since the policy of social inclusion was on the agenda of all the LEC's throughout UK In the late 90's.

The problem with that was that a great many of the LEC's were underfunded and it was only the very few that met government targets for social inclusion by the introduction of Adult Learning Centres and ILA's Individual Learning Accounts.

Social Exclusion will always exist I'm afraid while the benefits system is more attractive to some than to those who would prefer to work for a living. Sate handouts encourages social
exculsion to those in our society who have not had the benefit of a good basic education. Numeracy and literacy skills amongst adults who left education with little or no education are improving
thanks to volunteers who give their time in teaching those who are illiterate to read and write.

You ask is Social Exclusion the cause of the disintergration of our society and I would have to say that there are many forces at work that contribution towards this disintergration. And the biggest culprit in my opinion is the break up of the family unit with ignorance running a close second.

Believe me it is going to get worse before it gets better. And that any improvement will take a long time to achieve.


EDIT: It obvious by some of answers posted here that some people do not have much of a grasp on what social exclusion means. And what some of the root causes are.

Answer 3

The creation of in groups and out groups only serves to create rivalries between people. But, the creation of these groups is ingrained into human instincts, and in fact helped form our society into what it its today.

However it does cause great friction within society as a whole, when in-groups and out-groups are formed within the one larger group that is society. Rather than causing society to disintegrate, social exclusion is causing smaller groups to form within society which have their own social, moral and ethical codes. Unfortunately this has the added effect of causing social friction.

Answer 4

It adds to it, but as you've read...if everything was the same, we'd all be bored to death.
The British method of exclusion is perhaps the most surreal - people who think they're what they are not, and equally, people who pick and mix as they like (got bundles of money, hence will get their German motor and Swiss gold watch but still possess 'working class values' now and then to impress their skills at 'balance').
Margaret Thatcher, many years ago sneered at people who took public transport...they didn't matter in the shiny world of yuppies, buppies and Chelsea top draw suits, but the Poll Tax riot, with the socio-economic C2DE's rising from years of contempt hoisted upon them made the lady leave Parliament six months later - that was 1990, but it didn't stop the UK from continuing with 'class', despite the next one in the queue, John Major saying that there was no class in Britain now, but a more understanding concept of life.
The same people are being excluded, but the surreal thing runs thus; it's the populist newspapers (the 'lower class' favourites) who continuously shows it's disrespect.

Answer 5

Very nice question! 1. Murder/Rape 2. Sexism & The Body Image Girls Look Up To 3. Government - (Immigration, President, War, Economy) 4. Out of Control Children 5. Drugs 6. Pollution/Global Warming I have no idea how to fix them. I just wish all the parents in the world would care about their children, and I wish drugs were only made possible in medicine and every medication had to have a prescription. I wish people would stop burning garbage and see the cloud-like billows of smoke they're sending in the air. I wish people would fess up to global warming, and that the parents would actually care enough about their kids to prevent them from dying from it in the future. I wish everything was perfect. Don't we all?

Answer 6

Hi there,
Not trying to sound ridiculous or obnoxious but, social exclusion is a form of discrimination by omission.
Similarly like the Borg, we are all part of the collective called humanity.
When we shut others out socially, technically we make them out-casts.
We all like to have moments of solitude however, the dire need to communicate and or participate with others is human nature.
We cannot expect others to adopt social standards or even see life from a similar point of view if we exclude them....

I am proud of you to raise this issue, as it shows that you are evolving progressively and have a benevolent spirit.
I truly wish to encounter more of your questions and persons like yourself.

Answer 7

I think both social inclusion and social exclusion can be involved in the disintergration of society. Social exclusion due to loneliness, anxiety, anger, decreased opportunities and depression. Social inclusion due to destructive 'pack' mentalities, which only occur in pressure based social networks.....as bigger groups can have bigger impacts.

Answer 8

yes, but people like to hang out with people with similar personalities, i see nothing devastating about this, if everyone was tolerant and likeing each other than people would just be too bland, different spices make a good meal

Answer 9

I prefer the metaphysical erosion theory by gyles hopworth.

Answer 10

it is part of the cause.

Separation of the classes has been around since there were distinguishable classes.