By Cali Lessof and Roger Jowell
ABSTRACT
There is little agreement about the definition of social exclusion. Unsurprisingly, therefore, those attempts that have been made so far to measure social exclusion have incorporated a diverse set of indicators. Even so there are some clear gaps. This paper considers what steps need to be taken to extend the range of indicators used and to improve the quality of their measurement while accepting that there is unlikely to be agreement about the definition of the concept for the foreseeable future.
John Curtice, CREST
University of Strathclyde
Department of Government
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