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|**Appendix B|| Usage of the Term****_Social Inclusion_and Its Variants**<sup>**255**</sup><br>**Definition**|**Key concepts**|
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|Social inclusion is a process which ensures that those at risk of being left out gain<br>opportunities and resources necessary to participate fully in economic, social, political<br>and cultural life and enjoy a standard of well-being that is considered normal in the<br>society in which they live. It ensures that they have a voice in decisions which affect<br>their lives and access to markets, public services, and their fundamental rights<br>(European Commission 2004).|• Participation in society<br>• Well-being<br>• Voice<br>• Fundamental rights|
|A socially inclusive society is one in which all Australians feel valued and have the<br>opportunity to participate fully in the life of our society<br>(Hayes,Gray,and Edwards 2008).|• Feeling valued<br>• Opportunity<br>• Participation in society|
|Social inclusion and exclusion refer to the extent that individuals, families and<br>communities are able to fully participate in society and control their own destinies<br>(Stewart 2000).|• Participation in society<br>• Control over one’s own<br>destiny|
|Social inclusion refers to a set of policies and institutions (broadly<br>conceived to include organizations, norms and codes of behavior)<br>that support pro-poor growth and social equity (Bennett 2002).|• Institutions • Norms<br>• Behavior • Pro-poor<br>growth • Social equity|
|Inclusive economic institutions ... are forged on foundations laid by<br>inclusive political institutions, which make power broadly distributed<br>in society and constrain its arbitrary exercise. Such political institutions also make it<br>harder for others to usurp power and undermine the foundations of inclusive<br>institutions. Those controlling political power cannot easily use it to set up extractive<br>economic institutions for their own benefit(Acemoglu and Robinson 2012).|• Institutions<br>• Power<br>• Extraction versus<br>inclusion|
|Social inclusion is the removal of institutional barriers and the enhancement of<br>incentives to increase the access of diverse individuals and groups to development<br>opportunities(World Bank 2011).|• Institutions<br>• Opportunity|
|A socially inclusive society is defined as one where all people feel valued, their<br>differences are respected, and their basic needs are met so they can live in dignity<br>(Cappo 2002).|• Feeling valued<br>• Respecting differences<br>• Meeting basic needs<br>• Livingwith dignity|
|Social inclusion is based on the belief that we all fare better when no one is left to fall<br>too far behind and the economy works for everyone. Social inclusion simultaneously<br>incorporates multiple dimensions of well-being. It is achieved when all have the<br>opportunity and resources necessary to participate fully in economic, social, and<br>cultural activities which are considered the societal norm(Bousheyet al. 2007).|• Equality<br>• Well-being<br>• Opportunity<br>• Participation in society|
|Social inclusion is not what does it mean, but what do we mean by it—or rather what<br>is meant by it, by whom? How is this metaphor used, by whom, and for what purpose?<br>And how might it be used, perhaps for other purposes? What are the political<br>consequences or possibilities of this particular metaphor? What kind of society is<br>actually, or can be, implied by the term_social inclusion_?|• Context specificity<br>• Political nature of the<br>term • Opportunity<br>• Rights • Recognition<br>• Voice|
|Factors that might be seen as part of an inclusion agenda include, for example,<br>discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability, age, religion, and<br>sexuality. [Inclusion] addresses not equality in a distributive sense, but equal<br>opportunities. Other aspects of inclusion concern questions of rights and questions<br>of recognition, and inclusion in the processes of decision-making rather than simply<br>the outcomes of those decisions(Levitas 2003).<br>Source: World Bank. 2013._Inclusion Matters: The Foundation for Shared Prosperity_<br>NB: For definitions of social exclusion seeInclusion Matters, Appendix A | Table A. 2. 257.||

Source: World Bank. 2013. _Inclusion Matters: The Foundation for Shared Prosperity_ NB: For definitions of social exclusion see Inclusion Matters, Appendix A | Table A. 2. 257.

> 255 World Bank. 2013. _Inclusion Matters: The Foundation for Shared Prosperity_ . Appendix A, 255 — consult this publication for a complete list of references related to these definitions.

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