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Author | : Jeff Dayton-Johnson |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780802037367 |
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Essays examine the impact of social networks and collective action on growth and other economic outcomes, contributing to understanding of the interaction between economic processes and their social framework.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2011-11-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264113150 |
Download Perspectives on Global Development 2012 Social Cohesion in a Shifting World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This report analyses the impact of “Shifting wealth” on social cohesion, largely focusing on high-growth converging countries.
Author | : Ratcliffe, Peter |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2011-05-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1847426948 |
Download Promoting Social Cohesion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book calls for a shift in policy focus from 'community cohesion' to social cohesion, and makes a valuable source both for practitioners, researchers and students.
Author | : European Commission. Directorate-General for Regional Policy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Regional policy |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lisa F. Berkman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2000-03-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780195083316 |
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This book shows the important links between social conditions and health and begins to describe the processes through which these health inequalities may be generated. It reviews a range of methodologies that could be used by health researchers in this field and proposes innovative future research directions.
Author | : Jane Jenson |
Publisher | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Social indicators |
ISBN | : 9781849290234 |
Download Defining and Measuring Social Cohesion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines the literature on social cohesion. Presentsa range of indicators that have been used to measure social cohesion.
Author | : John Bruhn |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2009-06-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 144190364X |
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Sociologists and anthropologists have had a long interest in studying the ways in which cultures shaped different patterns of health, disease, and mortality. Social scientists have documented low rates of chronic disease and disability in non-Western societies and have suggested that social stability, cultural homogeneity and social cohesion may play a part in explaining these low rates. On the other hand, in studies of Western societies, social scientists have found that disease and mortality assume different patterns among various ethnic, cultural and social-economic groups. The role of stress, social change and a low degree of cohesion have been suggested, along with other factors as contributing to the variable rates among different social groups. Social cohesion has been implicated in the cause and recovery from both physical and psychological illnesses. Although there has been a large amount of work established the beneficial effects of cohesion on health and well-being, relatively little work has focused on HOW increased social cohesion sustains or improves health. This work is based on the premise that there are risk factors, including social cohesion that regulate health and disease in groups. One of the challenges is how to measure social cohesion – it can be readily observed and experienced but difficult to quantify. A better understanding of how social cohesion works will be valuable to improving group-level interventions.
Author | : Christian Albrekt Larsen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013-06-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0199681848 |
Download The Rise and Fall of Social Cohesion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The book explores the ways in which social cohesion — measured as trust in unknown fellow citizens — can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social cohesion declined in the latter part of the twentieth century, and Sweden and Denmark, where social cohesion increased, and aims to put forward a social constructivist explanation for this shift. Demonstrating the importance of public perceptions about living in a meritocratic middle class society, the book argues that trust declined because the Americans and British came to believe that most other citizens belong to an untrustworthy, undeserving, and even dangerous 'bottom' of society rather than to the trustworthy middle classes. In contrast, trust increased amongst Swedes and Danes as they believed that most citizens belong to the 'middle' of society rather than to the 'bottom'. Furthermore, the Swedes and Danes came to view the (perceived) narrow 'bottom' of their society as trustworthy, deserving, and peaceful. The book argues that social cohesion is primarily a cognitive phenomenon, in contrast to previous research, which has emphasized the presence of shared moral norms, fair institutions, networks, engagement in civil society etc. The book is based on unique empirical data material, where American survey items have been replicated in the British Social Attitude survey and the Danish and Swedish ISSP surveys (exclusively for this book). It also includes a unique cross-national study of media content covering a five year period in UK, Sweden, and Denmark. It demonstrates how 'the bottom' and 'the middle' is differently constructed across countries.
Author | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Publisher | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Proceedings of a one-day Forum for the Future conference held in December 1996
Author | : Christoph Sommer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Social Cohesion and Economic Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Social inequality and societal fragmentation have become major concerns in many OECD countries and developing regions in recent years. Policymakers and researchers assume that economic factors such as income inequality and/or unemployment cause and aggravate these trends. The 2030 Agenda acknowledges the challenge and emphasises the importance of inclusive growth, equality and peaceful, inclusive societies. However, for evidence-based policy-making we need more sound and comprehensive empirical evidence of the relationship between economic factors and societal fragmentation. This Briefing Paper gives an overview of the main findings of economic studies on social cohesion, and introduces the implications for development policies. Economists find a positive relationship between social cohesion and economic growth, on the basis that social cohesion improves formal and/or social institutions, which causally drives economic growth. Evidence of a relation running from growth to social cohesion exists but is still very scarce and limited to correlation analysis so that neither direction nor causality can be exclusively claimed. One potential mechanism through which growth might influence social cohesion is inclusive, pro-poor-oriented improvements in development outcomes, namely employment creation, education and decreased inequality in income and resource distribution. Another potential mechanism is policy reforms, for instance in the fields of social protection and taxation. More research is needed, however, to fully understand whether there is a feedback loop from growth to social cohesion or whether the relationship primarily runs the other way round. Development cooperation, particularly that involving Germany, has been increasingly focused on economic development in general and promotion of the private sector in particular. Explicit links to social cohesion are not part of most development strategies, peacebuilding being an exception. However, economic policies and growth do not necessarily raise social cohesion and can even contribute to increasing social dissatisfaction and unrest if not properly distributed. Social cohesion is primarily a social phenomenon of relations between societal actors and institutions. It therefore requires prudent policies, which ensure that economic development is inclusive and that it translates into changes of social and societal realities that strengthen societal bonds. It is thus desirable that strategies for economic development include mechanisms to foster social cohesion or, at least, do not counter the "togetherness" of a society ("do no harm"). Policymakers, NGOs, charities and think tanks can address social cohesion as follows: Recognise the importance of social cohesion in development strategies. Social cohesion is not only a valuable goal in itself but also a key condition for the impact and sustainability of development cooperation and economic growth. Consider trust, identity and solidarity in support of social cohesion. Successful support of individual elements is likely to make a difference for social cohesion in a given society. Integrate mechanisms that foster social cohesion into strategies for economic development. Economic development in itself does not automatically increase social cohesion and hence does not necessarily contribute to counteracting the drifting apart of a society.