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Social Exclusion

See David Batty. Social exclusion: the issue explained


Signs of/factors leading to social exclusion:

  • unemployment, poor skills ==> low incomes
  • poor housing
  • high crime
  • bad health, drug addiction
  • lack of medical care in deprived areas
  • family breakdown
  • high teenage pregnancy rate
  • homelessness
  • high number of young people not in education/training or employment and truancy/school exclusion


Solutions: Government tries to establish institutions that

  • analyse the causes and publish the results in reports.
  • critically evaluate local governments' work to improve efforts to help socially excluded groups
  • help to improve cooperation of departments / institutions to solve the multi-faceted problem
  • initiate programmes to improve health of children, reduce teenage pregnancy and school exclusion and to counsel young people about education and employment
  • coordinate efforts to encourage private investment in deprived communities.



Essay - Every child growing up in poverty is a ticking social timebomb

Collection of ideas

These children will often ...


Thesis Statement Supporting Points (more general/abstract) Examples (specific, images)
  • become criminals
a a
  • turn to violence
b b
  • have no positive idols
c c
  • have no motivation
d d
  • be in danger of becoming depressive
e e
  • have no education → find no jobs
f f
  • elect extremists
g g
  • develop anger and hatred
h h
  • make money with prostitution
i i
  • face teenage pregnancy/parenthood
j j

Writing an introduction

Check if the introduction ...

  • introduces the topic (+)
  • gives readers an idea of what dirction the essay will take (+)
  • provides an overview of the structure/line of argument (+)
  • implies/poses a question and creates an expactation/interetst in the readers (+)
  • states general truths/defines what needs no definition (-)
  • asks questions/announces answers but does not give them (-)


Possible Introductions

  • Question:
  • Basic thesis/contrast ==> Definition:
  • Surprising fact / statistic:
  • Quotation:



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