Social cohesion revisited: a new definition and how to characterize it

Fonseca, Xavier; Lukosch, Stephan; Brazier, Frances M. T.

doi:10.1080/13511610.2018.1497480

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“…There is still no consensus on how to define values and factors related to the construct of social cohesion. The complexity of the concept of social cohesion can be illustrated by the variety of approaches that can be found in the literature [4,5,7,15,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. All of them refer, to a varying degree, to six dimensions: social relations, identification, orientation towards the common good, shared values, quality of life, and (in)equality, though it is often indicated that the last three are antecedents or consequences of social cohesion rather than its core dimensions [28].…”

Section: Overview Of Social Cohesion Conceptsmentioning

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The Measurement of Social Cohesion at Province Level in Poland Using Metric and Interval-Valued Data

Walesiak

Dehnel

2020

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The notion of social cohesion is increasingly used in the political, economic and academic debate. Due to its multidimensional, the assessment of social cohesion is not easy, especially if it is conducted at a lower than national level of aggregation. The aim of the study is to assess social cohesion in provinces of Poland in 2018 using the hybrid approach involving multidimensional scaling and linear ordering based on an aggregate measure. This type of study is usually conducted using classic metric data. However, the traditional approach does not account for the variation between lower level units (i.e., districts). The authors propose a methodology which makes this possible. Additionally the results of assessment of the multidimensional phenomenon can be presented in a two-dimensional space. Classic metric data and symbolic interval-valued data (three data types: min-max, 1st decile and 9th decile, 2nd decile and 8th decile) are jointly represented in a single diagram. The consistency of the research method ensures comparability of results of linear ordering. Two criteria were used in the comparative analysis of four rankings of social cohesion. The results of the study clearly showed that the current level of social cohesion at the provinces level is geographically and historically dependent.

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Section: Overview Of Social Cohesion Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Measurement of Social Cohesion at Province Level in Poland Using Metric and Interval-Valued Data

Walesiak

Dehnel

2020

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“…The key to social cohesion, or 'order against chaos' as Watts (1991) terms it, is to harness psychological constructs in such a manner as to emphasize mutual goals and to de-emphasis contradictory or incompatible aims (Fonscea, Lukosch, & Brazier, 2019). The issue is not merely where the line is drawn at a given point in time, but how certain ideological constructs are elevated or dismissed from discourse in order to facilitate perceived affinities between a dominant group and society at large.…”

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The Sacred and the Profane: The Exclusionary Legacy of American Labor 'Exceptionalism'

Moore¹

2020

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Management accounting textbooks present workplace controls with no mention of labor's reaction to these tools of 'scientific' behavioral management. America is often seen as the epitome of a capitalist nation, but ironically those outside the U.S. are more likely to be aware of the intense conflicts between labor and management in the late nineteenth and twentieth century and the means used to suppress labor views in subsequent years. This paper explores how it is that worker perspectives came to be treated as so profane as to be unworthy of consideration in accounting pedagogy. The paper begins with an overview of American labor 'exceptionalism' and Durkheim's concept of the sacred and the profane. The discussion then turns to events before, during, and after a 1912 New England textile strike to illustrate the shifting affinities and processes used to vilify, exclude, and utterly silence the opposing group's voice from civil discourse.

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“…Under this perspective, the current study focused at the social network analysis approach taking under consideration a set of definitions in well-known social science works, as shown in Table 1. It is worth mentioning that the definitions proposed by the Council of Europe as well as by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are considered as the most widely used definitions today [26].…”

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Improving Social Cohesion in Educational Environments Based on A Sociometric-Oriented Emotional Intervention Approach

2019

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Sociometric-oriented approaches have been applied the last years in numerous cases and domains, targeting at the improvement of social groups’ characteristics for achieving personal and team-based objectives. Considering the existing approaches and the published results, in the current study, a set of emotional intervention activities based on a sociometric-oriented approach were designed and implemented with the clear objective to augment social cohesion within members of a social group in primary school students. Petrides’ trait emotional model was used to identify the emotional profile of the experimental and control group members, while the set of implemented activities was based on Bisquerra’s emotional competencies model. Sociometrics were used to evaluate the initial, intermediate and final level of social cohesion of both groups. Based on the realized statistical analysis and the produced evaluation results, useful insights with regards to the social group indicators that mainly affect the social cohesion levels are extracted and presented. It should be noted that the detailed study was based on the exclusive usage of open-source Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools for supporting educational needs.

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Social cohesion revisited: a new definition and how to characterize it

Cited by 200 publications

References 85 publications

The Measurement of Social Cohesion at Province Level in Poland Using Metric and Interval-Valued Data

The Measurement of Social Cohesion at Province Level in Poland Using Metric and Interval-Valued Data

The Sacred and the Profane: The Exclusionary Legacy of American Labor 'Exceptionalism'

Improving Social Cohesion in Educational Environments Based on A Sociometric-Oriented Emotional Intervention Approach

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