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In France, the concept of social exclusion plays a vital role in shaping sociological debate, political discourse and state intervention. Indeed, the meaning taken on by the term "social exclusion" has been influenced by conceptual debates, analyses of pertinent empirical data and the formulation of related government policies. This article attempts to place the French concept of social exclusion within its context and to define it in the light of those three factors: conceptual debate, empirical data and government policies.

The purpose of this exercise is to establish whether a basis exists on which the concept of social exclusion may be used in a comparative perspective. In …