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Nature & Meaning of Marginalization

Marginalization is the process of pushing groups of people to the edges of society by denying them a voice, identity, or place. It occurs when groups are relegated to secondary positions or made to feel less important than more powerful groups. Marginalization deprives many people of participating in development. It is connected to all forms of social inequality like age, ethnicity, gender, caste, class, and power. To be marginalized means to be excluded from the privileges and power found at the center of society. Marginalized people have little control over their lives and resources, and may become isolated, develop low self-esteem, and have limited opportunities.

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Nature & Meaning of Marginalization

Marginalization is the process of pushing groups of people to the edges of society by denying them a voice, identity, or place. It occurs when groups are relegated to secondary positions or made to feel less important than more powerful groups. Marginalization deprives many people of participating in development. It is connected to all forms of social inequality like age, ethnicity, gender, caste, class, and power. To be marginalized means to be excluded from the privileges and power found at the center of society. Marginalized people have little control over their lives and resources, and may become isolated, develop low self-esteem, and have limited opportunities.

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INTRODUCTION

Marginality is an experience that affects millions of people throughout the world. People who are
marginalized have relatively little control over their lives, and the resources available to them.
This results in making them handicapped in delving contribution to society. A vicious circle is
set up whereby their lack of positive and supportive relationships means that they are prevented
from participating in local life, which in turn leads to further isolation. This has a tremendous
impact on the development of human beings, as well as on society at large. As the objective of
development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy a productive, healthy, and
creative life, it is important to address the issue of marginalization.

Marginalization is the process of pushing a specific group or groups of people to the extreme
edge of society by not allowing them an active voice, identity, or place in it. Through both direct
and indirect processes, marginalized groups may be relegated to a secondary position or made to
feel as if they are least important than those who hold more power or privilege in society.
Individuals and groups can be marginalized on the basis of multifold aspects of their identity,
including but not limited to race, gender or gender identity, ability, sexual orientation,
socioeconomic status, sexuality, age, and/or religion. Some individuals identify with multiple
marginalized groups, and may experience further marginalization as a result of their intersecting
identities. Development is always broadly conceived in terms of mass participation.
Marginalization deprives a large majority of people across the globe from participating in the
development. It connects with all the components of social inequality such as age, ethnicity,
gender, caste, power and class.

Nature & meaning of marginalization


In general, the term 'marginalization' describes the overt actions or tendencies of human societies,
where people who they perceive to undesirable or without useful function are excluded, i.e.,
marginalized. The people who are marginalized - are outside the existing system of protection and
integration. This limits their opportunities and means for survival. Peter Leonard defines marginality as,
". . .being outside the mainstream of productive / activity and or social reproductive activity''.

The Encyclopedia of Public Health defines marginalization as, 'To be marginalized is to be placed in the
margins, and thus excluded from the privilege and power found at the center".
Conclusion

Marginalization is at the core of exclusion from fulfilling and full social lives at individual, interpersonal
and societal levels. People who are marginalized have relatively little control over their lives and the
resources available to them; they may become stigmatised and are often at the receiving end of
negative public attitudes. Their opportunities to make social contributions may be limited and they may
develop low selfconfidence and self esteem. If they do not have work and live with service supports, for
example, they may have limited opportunities for meeting with others, and may become isolated. A
viscous circle is set up whereby their lack of positive and supportive relationships means they are
prevented from participating in local life, which in turn leads to further isolation. Social policies and
practices may mean they have relatively limited access to valued social resources such as education and
health services, housing, income, leisure activities and work. The impacts of marginalization, in terms of
social exclusion, are similar, whatever the origins and processes of marginalization, irrespective of
whether these are to be located in social attitudes (such as towards impairment, sexuality, ethncity and
so on). or social circumstance (such as closure of workplaces, absence of affordable housing and so on)..

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