Marginal area means the culture of communities which are at the periphery of a culture area and Culture area is a region that has a relatively similar way of living common to its component socio-economic systems and cultures. The center of the culture area (which I will refer as the “core”) has uniform customs but its periphery (which I will refer as the “margin”) may be less homogenous. The concept is more relevant to the material culture than to other aspects of culture which we are focused on here while using the term marginalization.
Marginality (internal) means referring to a group of people with a low level of culture-usually of a hunting, fishing, and gathering type- who are surrounded by people of higher culture (that I call “core”) as those living in ‘deprived areas’, where poor housing, inadequate social services, weak political voice and lack of decent work all combine to create an experience of marginalization.
However, there are various understandings of Marginalization and Development. To my mind, Marginalization is a socially constructed concept, and can depend on an idea of what is considered ‘core’. In many developing countries, where most people do not enjoy an acceptable standard of living, defining what is ‘core’ is not a simple task, especially given the lack of a welfare state and a formalized labor market. Indeed, Marginalization can be structured around hierarchy, the exclusion of people on the basis of their race, caste, or gender, which may be viewed by society as excluding them from the ‘core’.
This Paper Examines, How are we to understand the new social problems that have arisen as a result of the economic restructuring of advanced capitalist democracies since the mid-1970s?
