The state, communities and public libraries: their role in tackling social exclusion (social exclusion; an international perspective, part 2)

Pateman, John . The state, communities and public libraries: their role in tackling social exclusion (social exclusion; an international perspective, part 2)., 2000 In: Open to All? : the Public Library and Social Exclusion. London: Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, pp. 111-144. [Book chapter]

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This is the second of two linked papers reviewing social exclusion at an international level and follows from the critique of globalism in the first paper (written by Shiraz Durrani). The paper applies Miller’s “models of communities” and “roles of the state (exclusive diversity; voluntary inclusion; required inclusion; and inclusive diversity) to economic and political systems in different countries. It then applies different sets of performance indicators to different countries, specifically considering indicators in the areas of literacy, education and libraries. It is argued that social exclusion is best tackled using an approach based on required inclusion or inclusive diversity, rather than on the basis of exclusive diversity or voluntary inclusion. The joint conclusion of both this and the linked paper is that social exclusion cannot be separated from a country’s political system. Social exclusion can therefore only be alleviated, by libraries and other agencies, in emerging economies, capitalist and majority world countries. Recommendations are made.

Item type: Book chapter
Keywords: global capitalism, information workers, political exclusion, public libraries, social exclusion, social inequalities, United Kingdom, working class resistance to capitalism
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BC. Information in society.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > EF. Censorship.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BE. Information economics.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BF. Information policy
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DC. Public libraries.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > EE. Intellectual freedom.
Depositing user: Zapopan Martín Muela-Meza
Date deposited: 08 Nov 2005
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:01
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/6812

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