The process of an entity (e.g. person, social group, organization) or activity (e.g. agriculture) becoming marginal within – moving to the margins – of the larger context it exists and operates. A marginalized entity or activity looses its importance within this broader system, it is ignored, underrepresented and under-served.
The forcing of minorities and women out of the mainstream of political, economic or social life.
the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the underclass"; "the marginalization of literature"
Exists when the voices of a community are separated and contained apart from the problem-solving and central decision-making of an institution or a society.
The effects of social and governmental policies that leave some members of a society disenfranchised, unable to seek or participate in common resources (such as education and health care) and/or unable to freely express themselves and their views.
When people are forced outside the economic mainstream a larger portion of the population is forced to live in areas more conducive to crime. Once this happens, commitment to the system declines, producing another criminogenic force: a weakened bond to society.
The process that people who cannot speak the majority culture's language or find work, undergo as they are cut off from customary sources of social support and do not participate fully in society
Attitudes and behaviors that relegate certain people to the social, political, and economic margins of society by branding them and their interests as inferior, unimportant, or both.
With reference to race and culture, the experience of persons who do not speak the majority group’s language, cannot find work or gain access to social services and therefore, cannot become participating members of society.
Marginalisation or marginalization (US) refers to the overt or covert trends within societies whereby those perceived as lacking desirable traits or deviating from the group norms tend to be excluded by wider society and ostracised as undesirables.
