...Alicia González-Marín; Marco Garrido-Cumbrera Purpose This study addresses the persistent conceptual ambiguity in defining and measuring social disparities, such as inequality, deprivation and vulnerability, which hinders effective social justice research and policy interventions. The aim...

...Marco Terraneo Purpose – Poverty is one of the most significant economic and social problems that European countries have to face. In recent years, it has become widely accepted that poverty is a multidimensional concept and now many studies use indicators of deprivation to examine the phenomenon...

... of this paper is to explore inclusion and exclusion within some of England's most deprived areas. Design/methodology/approach Between 2002‐2007, over 600 older Liverpool people, key informants and policy makers in five of Liverpool's poorest electoral wards were consulted via semi‐structured questionnaires...