一、社会转型中的城镇弱势群体 国际社会工作和社会政策研究者对社会弱势群体有一个基本相同的界定,即认为社会弱势群体是由于某些障碍及缺乏经济、政治和社会机会,而在社会上处于不利地位的人群。这些人之所以被认为弱势群体是因为在现有的社会制度和政策安排下,他们在经济、政治和社会生活中不得不处于较低地位,他们同主流人群不能平起平坐。从总体角度来看,弱势群体的出现有生理和社会两方面的原因,因此我们把弱势群体 I. Urban Vulnerable Groups in Social Transformation Researchers in social work and social policies in the world have a basically identical definition of socially disadvantaged groups. They think that the socially vulnerable groups are due to some obstacles and lack of economic, political and social opportunities, On the disadvantaged crowd. The reason why these people are considered vulnerable is that under the existing social system and policy arrangement, they have to hold lower status in economic, political and social life and they can not be on the same footing as mainstream people. From an overall point of view, the emergence of vulnerable groups have both physiological and social reasons, so we put the disadvantaged groups