Comfortably cosmopolitan? How patterns of 'social cohesion' vary with crime and fear

Abstract

Achieving 'social cohesion' across race and class divides in South Social cohesion in theory and practiceAn interest in the significance of the neighbourhood, of shared space, values and a sense of community naturally has a long history in social theory and policy. One of the key concepts to have emerged through these various iterations of theory and research on the role of the collective is that of 'social cohesion'. Social cohesion has been a buzzword for roughly the last