Abstract
Marginalization refers to the process through which particular social groups obtain lower status and become peripheral in a society. The concept is related to poverty but marginalization emphasizes the dynamics of a downwards social trajectory rather than current living standards. The term also emphasizes external and often structural forces (such as the changing labour market) that exert an influence on the social status of a group of people, while the poverty is an attribute more readily attached to a household. Thus, marginalization refers to broad social processes by which social groups are becoming more unequal.
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Wu, F., Webster, C. (2010). Introduction. In: Wu, F., Webster, C. (eds) Marginalization in Urban China. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299122_1
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