You should already have read and precised pages 172-181 of 'AS Citizenship'.

In consultation with the person sat next to you, produce written answers to the below questions (do it first from memory and then using the textbook): At the end of the exercise - your answers will be debated in open class.

(1)   Define discrimination.

(2)   What is social exclusion?

(3)   What is wrong with social exclusion?

(4)   What are the themes of poverty stemming from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation research?

(5)   Many economists and social scientists link low pay and part-time employment to particular sections of society. Can you define or name these sections?

(6)   How does wealth impact upon social engagement?

(7)   Does poverty impact upon death rates?

(8)   What other issues/problems stem from children growing up in poverty?

(9)   What are the problems of defining and measuring poverty?

(10)  Define the 'New Right' aproach to poverty.

(11)  Define the social democratic left approach to poverty.

(12) Who are the underclass?

(13) Do people in poverty have equal opportunities?