How far is it correct to say that social exclusion can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty? Explain.
Poverty must be seen in terms of the poor having to live only in a poor surrounding with other poor people, excluded from enjoying social equality of better off ’ people in better surroundings.
Social exclusion can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty in the usual sense.
Broadly, it is a process through which individuals or groups are excluded from facilities, benefits and opportunities that others (their ‘betters’) enjoy.
A typical example is the working of the caste system in India in which people belonging to certain castes are excluded from equal opportunities. Social exclusion thus, can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty.