Given below are two statements:
Statement I: There are two broad answers to the question of what is social about social inequality and exclusion.
Statement II: One answer is that social inequality and exclusion are social because they are about groups, not individuals.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Statement I: There are two broad answers to the question of what is social about social inequality and exclusion. — Incorrect. The chapter gives three broad answers to this question. Inequality and exclusion are social because they are about groups, because they are not only economic, and because they are systematic and structured.
Statement II: One answer is that social inequality and exclusion are social because they are about groups, not individuals. — Correct. The first answer is that social inequality and exclusion are not about individuals but about groups. This is what makes them social.
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