This e-book addresses a set of linked inequalities which prevent individuals from participating fully in the social, political and economic life of the societies in which they live. The roots of social exclusion lie in the interaction between poverty and a lack of access to housing, education, health and other services, sometimes caused by discrimination and sometimes by other, more subtle, forms of segregation (Commission of the European Communities, 1993). Vocational education and training has the potential to address several of these causes.