Social Inclusion

ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Leeds RICHARD COLLINS Head of Education, British Film Institute DIANA COYLE Economics Editor, The Independent BERNARD CRICK Professor Emeritus of Politics and Fellow of Birkbeck College, University of London SIMON DEAKIN Reader in Economic Law and Fellow of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge JOHN GRAY Professor of European Thought, European Institute, London School of Economics RUTH LISTER Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University JONATHAN PERRATON Lecturer in Economics, and Deputy Director of the Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield RAYMOND PLANT Professor of European Politics, University of Southampton and a Labour Member of the House of Lords PETER ROBINSON Senior Economist, Institute for Public Policy Research, London PETER RADCLIFFE Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Warwick RICHARD SENNETT Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics GILES SLINGER Consultant. Previously Research Fellow, ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge CHRISTOPHER STONEY Lecturer in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Imperial College Management School, London CHARLES TAYLOR Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University DIANA WINSTANLEY Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Imperial College Management School, London

Against a background of globalization, risk and cultural pluralism, the problem of social exclusion and its possible remedies have become a major focus for political and social analysis and policy making.Against a background of globalization, risk and cultural pluralism, the problem of social exclusion and its possible remedies have become a major focus for political and social analysis and policy making. This collection of original essays by leading social thinkers and analysts offers a comprehensive exploration of the topic and considers various practical agenda. Contributors include Zygmunt Bauman, Bernard Crick, John Gray, Ruth Lister, Raymond Plant, Richard Sennett and Charles Taylor.