According to Nelson and Prilleltensky (2010), inclusion affects people who have been discriminated against and oppressed by aspects such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnoracial background, abilities, age 0r some other characteristics. Sexism, heterosexism, racism, ableism and ageism are all examples of social exclusion. Inclusion is a solution to exclusion and can be conceptualised at different levels of analysis.

Nelson and Prilleltensky (2010) also states that there are three levels of inclusion. At the individual level, inclusion entails the recovery of a positive personal and political identity. The relational level of inclusion means welcoming communities and supportive relationships. At the societal level, inclusion is concerned with the promotion of equality and access to valued social resources that have historically been denied to oppressed people.

Also Nelson and Prilleltensky (2010) explains that inclusion is important as failure to promote it can lead to oppression. Different forms of exclusion can sometimes intersect and so some disadvantaged people experience double or triple jeopardy.

Thompson (2011) states that to encourage equality, for many people, means to encourage sameness to see difference as a problem to e solved or difficulty to be avoided.

Lynch and Baker (2005) explains that there are five key dimensions of equality of conditions. They are resources, respect and recognition, love, care and solidarity, power and working and learning. Equality of resources refers to income and wealth, social capital like family and social networks. Equal respect and recognition refers to equal rights and the privileges of citizenship, and the acceptance and appreciation of differences. Societies should be arranged in ways that make equal access to love, care and solidarity likely. This can be done through education, employment, transportation networks, care facilities, etc. Equal access to power is facilitated through civil and political rights, including the right of groups to political representation or their right to education in minority languages. It also involves the extension of democratic principles to all areas of society.Work is a potential source of personal development and a potential burden. Everyone should have a right to some form of potentially satisfying work, there should be limits to inequality in the burdens of work. Everyone should benefit from engaging and satisfying learning.

All Allport’s (1954) scale of prejudice and discrimination goes in the order of antilocution, avoidance, discrimination , physical attack and extermination.

However I am still unsure what all of these concepts mean and so intend to read over my notes and make my own notes too study. Also during the tutorial I was only able to research Mel Ainsow and Nancy Fraser and so will need to two further research into other philosophisers.