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Introduction: Risk, Social Inclusion and the Life Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2013

Jens O. Zinn
Jens O. Zinn*
Affiliation:
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne E-mail: jzinn@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

In social policy debates and research over recent years, ‘risk’, ‘social inclusion’ and ‘the life course’ have become influential topics. In this themed section we will revisit these concepts and analyse how they have influenced policy debates and research in Australia and elsewhere. The contributions were developed as part of a research collaboration that brings together expertise from social policy, gender studies, risk sociology, social work, youth studies and research on ageing and old age. This introduction outlines the concepts and dimensions we found helpful for analysing social policy practice and research and the key arguments of the contributions.

Keywords

Life courserisksocial exclusion/inclusiongenerationindividualisation
Type
Themed Section on Risk, Social Inclusion and the Life Course
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 253 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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