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Social Exclusions at Local Level and Strategies of Overcoming Them

Jaroslava Šťastná


Abstract:
The aim of the article is to present the findings of students at the bachelor level of the Department of Social Work, School of Arts, Charles University, under the leadership of the author. The research focused on social exclusions covering five selected communities in the Czech Republic. The article presents five different cases of social groups endangered with social exclusion: mentally ill, drug addicts, clients of asylum house, Roma people and foreigners (Vietnamese). Social exclusions are considered among major topics of social work and social policies in the EU countries. To solve this problem, public policy, community organisations and socially excluded groups are expected to coordinate their effort. The presented findings reflect upon the problems from the point of view of community stakeholders and attempt to identify shared strategies aiming to relieve social exclusions. However, the findings followed the research showed – at majority of cases – the lacking system of efficient communications between community stakeholders. Their ideas and practical steps related to social integrations are not articulated clear enough in the community plan and often do not meet each other.

Keywords:
social exclusions, social work, community work, community stakeholders


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