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Integrative Actions for Social Inclusion (Employment, Political Participation, Access to Housing and Health)

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This chapter discusses the relationship between education and other areas of society, with a particular focus on social inclusion/exclusion in employment, health, housing and political participation. Beginning with the literature on these close relationships, particular educational actions that have demonstrated positive results will be described and discussed. Successful cooperative actions, for instance, have a proven ability to create sustainable employment and job security. Examples of health literacy and financial literacy have contributed to reduce health problems and improve access to housing. In this vein, this chapter will focus in a case study of a poor neighborhood where successful actions in a number of social areas have been implemented through a Dialogic Inclusion Contract that involved the participation of all residents in the decision-making process.

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Notes

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    FORUM official website, available at http://archief.forum.nl/woonateliers/index-engels.html Accessed 20 November 2013.

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    Miguel Fenollera Cooperative official web site, available at http://www.coopmfenollera.com/ Accessed 20 November 2013.

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Flecha (Ed.), R. (2015). Integrative Actions for Social Inclusion (Employment, Political Participation, Access to Housing and Health). In: Successful Educational Actions for Inclusion and Social Cohesion in Europe. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11176-6_7

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