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Economic Vulnerability, Multidimensional Deprivation and Social Cohesion in an Enlarged European Community

Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland, chris.whelan{at}esri.ie

Bertrand Maître

Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland, bertrand.maitre{at}esri.ie

In this article we have sought to combine regional and social exclusion perspectives on economic exclusion in the enlarged European Community. Our analysis, based on the European Quality of Life Survey, confirms that while the economically vulnerable, identified through latent class analysis, constitute substantially larger groups in the poorer economic clusters, they are much more sharply differentiated from others in the richer clusters. While the economically vulnerable are also disadvantaged in relation to measures of multidimensional deprivation and social cohesion, between economic clusters differences on these dimensions cannot be accounted for by corresponding variations in levels and intensity of economic vulnerability. In fact, the impact of such vulnerability on social cohesion is greater in the more affluent clusters.

Key Words: EC enlargement • economic vulnerability • latent class analysis • regional policy • social cohesion • social exclusion

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