In the paper we run an exhaustive study of the magnitude socio-economic exclusion which affects large parts of societies in European countries. Social and economic exclusion – alternatively called as deprivation – are widely recognized as symptoms of human poverty. This implies obstacles in...

From the dawn of civilization, might be on the basis of adherence to a particular profession, segregation of the society started giving rise to different caste groups/ communities. Traditional occupations like hunting and gathering, pastoralism, fishing and cultivation usually depends on the...

"There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the social sciences....

Prevailing measures on the topics of monetary and non-monetary poverty-as well as economic and carbon inequality-are being critically assessed under sustainable development goals (SDGs) with a worldwide perspective. On the one hand, the poverty headcount ratio and the indices poverty gap,...