Abstract:
This work examines the theoretical background of “marginality” and “social exclusion” concepts. These categories are closely related to the 1 Agradezco los comentarios y las observaciones efectuadas por Ana Sola, Beatriz de Dios y Verónica Quiroga que enriquecieron este trabajo. 2 Docente, Investigador y Extensionista de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas - UNSL. Integrante del PROICO 4-1-8802: Formación Docente, Lectura y Ciudadanía. Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica de la FCH-UNSL fundamentos en humanidades political models applied in different historical periods. Firstly, the relationship between the policies of the Welfare State from 1945 to 1975 and the origin of “marginality” notion is analyzed. Then, several theoretical perspectives about the implications of the latter notion in that period are described. Secondly, the links between the policies of the Malefactor State during the 1980s and the concept of “social exclusion” are studied. And based on that analysis, the theoretical approaches and problematic issues around this notion are analyzed.