Description: An impassioned and controversial new book from two leading sociologists in the field of social exclusion. They argue that social exclusion is not simply seen in ghettos or sink estates, but also in exclusive gated housing developments, the vacuous non-places of the shopping mall, the deadening reality of low-level service work, and in the depressing uniformity of our political parties.
Brief description: Simon Winlow is Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Business & Law at Teesside University.
Review Quotes: Winlow and Hall have now long proved to be amongst the most astute academic commentators on contemporary social conditions. In ′Rethinking Social Exclusion′ they have once again produced a truly innovative, engaging and provocative text full of new insight and original thinking. This will no doubt become the guide for social scientists looking to heed their call and think anew on the blunt imbalances inherent in contemporary capitalism, and the stark marginalisation at the ever expanding social fringes that characterise these turbulent times.--Dr James Treadwell