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In an influential pamphlet, 'After Social Democracy', John Gray (1996) claimed that economic globalization had developed to the extent that social democratic policies are no longer viable and that national governments are powerless in the face of global economic integration and neo-liberal deregulation. This paper considers whether social exclusion and globalization are compatible or contradictory analytical constructs, particularly in the context of the South and also whether social exclusion adds value as a conceptual and operational framework.