Inclusionism Core
Cost of Belonging
The social, economic, cultural, informational, or behavioral requirements necessary to gain and maintain membership within a belonging system.
This page presents the Inclusionism canon's treatment of Cost of Belonging. Inclusionism was developed by James Felton Keith and is published with the Keith Institute.
Definition
The social, economic, cultural, informational, or behavioral requirements necessary to gain and maintain membership within a belonging system.
Inclusionist Perspective
Belonging systems compete partially through differences in participation cost.
Examples
Low Cost:
- open communities
- universalist systems
High Cost:
- exclusive societies
- rigid caste systems