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The article "Social Exclusion. Theoretical Debate and Case Studies" explores the concept of social exclusion and its theoretical basis. Two main currents are mentioned: one that considers social exclusion as a lack of integration in the dominant economic and cultural system, and another that sees it as a necessary product of said system. The conceptual analysis of Professor Fernando Cortés is highlighted, who differentiates the concepts of marginalization, economic marginality, and social exclusion. In addition, four case studies related to social inclusion are presented, including the theoretical analysis of María Eugenia Moreno Rubio on social exclusion from structural functionalism. The difficult situation of the Mazahua elderly population in Mexico is also addressed, highlighting the importance of state intervention to improve the quality of life of older people. Finally, an exploratory study is conducted on the psychosocial factors involved in suicide in rural communities on the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua. The article presents several research studies in different areas, including suicide in rural communities, contract killing in Costa Rica, labor precarization in Argentina, human cryogenics, conservatism and fundamentalism, rafting in Costa Rica, and environmental payment programs. The causes of suicide, such as extreme poverty and unemployment, are highlighted, and it is suggested to implement public policies to improve living conditions. In the case of contract killing, areas of higher violence are identified, and it is concluded that social exclusion contributes to violence. Regarding labor precarization, platform cooperativism is proposed as an alternative. Reflection is made on human cryogenics and the lack of legal regulation in this regard. The differences between conservatism and fundamentalism are analyzed in terms of discourse and political strategy. In the field of sports, the influence of rafting on people's lives is highlighted, and the lack of gender equity is pointed out. Finally, environmental payment programs are examined, and a successful case in indigenous communities in Mexico is presented. [Extracted from the article]

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This article discusses the design and the implementation of a scale that measures the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in university educational and the generation of social exclusion derived thereof. Information was gathered through a Likerth scale applied to students at two higher education centers in Mexico and Costa Rica. The main results indicate that students value ICT as significant tools in their education; however, students who do not perform well with these technologies are often excluded. Likewise, according to the empirical evidence generated in the study, we conclude that the scale contains indexes of internal consistency and reliability such that it can be applied in measuring populations at higher educational centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to measure socioeconomic marginalization and study its behavior based on Panama's Population and Housing Census of 1990, 2000, and 2010. For this purpose, the methodology used was that which was proposed by the National Council of Population and Housing of Mexico (Conapo), which establishes an index based on three dimensions (education, income, and housing) and eight indicators (illiteracy, population without complete primary education, housing without drinking water, housing without sanitary service, housing with a dirt floor, housing without electricity, overcrowded housing, employed population that receives ≤ a minimum salary and a half). From the results obtained, it is concluded that Panama is managing to reduce the socioeconomic marginalization index from 35.61 in 1990 to 31.27 in 2000 and in 2010, 25.98. However, this decrease is not consistent with the proportional increase in GDP and the General State Budget. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While a great part of the contemporary literature on mobilities has focused on how privileged social positions held by businessmen, academics, and professionals define contemporary mobile society, this paper will focus on the everyday mobilities of subordinated and peripheral populations, using fieldwork data from El Salto, a county (municipio) in the periphery of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, Mexico. Presenting the range of displacements and movements performed by its inhabitants, this article contests the dominant view of subordinated populations within a mobile society, often described as confined or passive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this article is to analyze the labor vulnerability of people over forty years of age, their behavior in unemployment compared to all the economically active population. The purpose is to open reflection and debate on processes associated with unemployment in older people, such as discrimination, disaffiliation and social exclusion, which impact negatively in their material conditions of existence and their family ties, friendship and social coexistence. The methodology is based on the quantitative aspect, putting in contrast the conditions of unemployment, in people over forty years, between the northern border of Mexico and the country, in the phases of ascent and descent of the economic cycle. Results indicate that unemployment in the border presents differences with respect to the country, the most vulnerable group are workers aged 40-59 years, as they face more problems in maintaining a job or finding a new one and are mainly those that suffer discrimination, disaffiliation and social exclusion at the border. In the limitations, stand out the lack of empirical evidence and the limited research that deepen, in these processes, with social approaches. In the conclusions, what highlights is the importance of analyzing and understanding unemployment as a complex problem, of labor vulnerability with interdisciplinary methodologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This In this work, we analyze the role of the digital divide in the information society, as ground for social exclusion in the use of ICT in Mexico. Afterwards, the behavior of the digital divide is analyzed, with its different dimensions through time, also describing the penetration and development levels of ICT. In addition, a case of study of university students enrolled in Information Technology careers is discussed in order to determine the existence of a digital divide and its parameters. Finally, a diagnosis about the growth of the Internet and mobile telephony services in Mexico is carried out, considering the prevailing world economic situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The demography of the Southeast of Mexico is characterized by several contrasts including indigenous migration towards the cities of the region. Census data shows that the social gap is increasing and that new generations of indigenous population are losing their identity and tend to abandon their original language. This effect is reinforced by the fact that the urban school system has not been prepared for offering multicultural education to them. The article provides evidence to show that indigenous children and youth suffer a process of double exclusion: they are obliged to abandon their communities, and later on, are excluded from having access to a proper education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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