Methodology of the Social Cohesion Radar

Dragolov, Georgi; Ignácz, Zsófia S.; Lorenz, Jan; Delhey, Jan; Boehnke, Klaus; Unzicker, Kai

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“…For example, in Denmark, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Portugal we find high levels of perceived social cohesion, while in the Czech Republic and Hungary they are very low. These variations are comparable to those for the ‘acceptance of diversity’ indicator presented in Dragolov et al 's (2013) comprehensive international social cohesion rankings. Interestingly, like the ‘acceptance for diversity’ ranking, our ranking diverges from other measures of social cohesion, such as interpersonal trust, in some slightly unexpected ways with, for example, Bulgaria and Portugal scoring highly, while France and Germany don't do quite so well.…”

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“…Yet, despite its frequent politicisation, the concept of social cohesion has long been deployed by social scientists as a means for investigating the capacity of a community to reproduce itself in the long-run (e.g., Durkheim, 1984; Tönnies, 1955). The growing literature on the definition and measurement of social cohesion (e.g., Chan et al , 2006; Dragolov et al , 2013) suggests there are two broad approaches to understanding social cohesion. The first emphasises the shared norms and values that bind communities together, while the second stresses the actual quality of social relationships (Delhey, 2007).…”

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Welfare States and Social Cohesion in Europe: Does Social Service Quality Matter?

Andrews

Jilke

2015

J. Soc. Pol.

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In this article, the authors evaluate whether the provision of good quality social services has the potential to create social cohesion. In addition to examining the relationship between social services and social cohesion, the authors expand institutional theories of social capital by investigating whether this potential for building social solidarity may be resilient to the corrosive effects of economic strain. Multilevel analyses of variations in the perceptions of social cohesion amongst Europeans were conducted for 27 member countries of the EU using the Eurobarometer 74.1 on poverty and social exclusion from 2010. The results suggest that individuals receiving better quality social service provision perceived higher levels of social cohesion within the country in which they live. By contrast, individuals living in households experiencing economic strain perceived lower levels of cohesion. Further analysis revealed that the experience of economic strain does not weaken the positive relationship between social services quality and perceptions of cohesion.

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Welfare States and Social Cohesion in Europe: Does Social Service Quality Matter?

Andrews

Jilke

2015

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…The reason why social cohesion has attracted the interest of a growing number of societies around the world ( European Commission, 2013 ; OECD, 2014 ) is the assumption that high levels of cohesion have beneficial outcomes both for the individual as well as for society as a whole. Indeed, research consistently demonstrates that residents of cohesive communities show higher subjective well-being ( Delhey and Dragolov, 2016 ; Dragolov et al, 2016 ), better health ( Arant et al, 2016 , 2017 ), and a more positive emotional development ( Reeve et al, 2016 ). In other words, individuals are happier, healthier, and emotionally more stable when they live in cohesive places than in communities with weaker social cohesion.…”

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“…One of the more influential attempts to address this issue has been the Bertelsmann Social Cohesion Radar (SCR; Dragolov et al, 2016 ). The SCR conceptualizes social cohesion as a multidimensional construct, allowing for a detailed and comprehensive measure.…”

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Acceptance of Diversity as a Building Block of Social Cohesion: Individual and Structural Determinants

2021

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High levels of social cohesion have been shown to be beneficial both for social entities and for their residents. It is therefore not surprising that scholars from several disciplines investigate which factors contribute to or hamper social cohesion at various societal levels. In recent years, the question of how individuals deal with the increasing diversity of their neighborhoods and society as a whole has become of particular interest when examining cohesion. The present study takes this a step further by combining sociological and psychological approaches in investigating whether the group-level acceptance of diversity, a core feature of cohesive societies, is related to prevailing mentalities of individuals once the social structure of a community is accounted for. We hypothesize that after controlling for individual sociodemographic and for structural variables, three individual characteristics play an important role for the level of acceptance of diversity in a given entity. We propose that individual intergroup anxiety (IGA) acts as a motor of the rejection of diversity whereas individual empathy should act as a safeguard. Furthermore, we propose that right-leaning political orientation (PO) has a negative influence on the acceptance of diversity. This study is based on a large, representative sample of the German general population (N1 = 2,869). To draw comparisons among different social entities, the sample was divided by federal states (N2 = 16). Data were analyzed by using a two-step approach for analyzing group-level outcomes in multilevel models. The analyses confirmed our hypothesis that intergroup anxiety at the individual level hampers the acceptance of diversity in a given sociopolitical entity. Furthermore, we found that intergroup anxiety is impacted by the economic situation in a federal state (measured per capita gross domestic product), as economic weakness intensified the fear of others. Surprisingly, neither empathy nor political orientation played a role for the acceptance of diversity. Implications for future research on social cohesion as well as for the work of policy makers are discussed.

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“…The second attribute is trust (Chan et al 2006 ; Dragolov et al 2013 ; Langer et al 2017 ; Schiefer and van der Noll 2017 ). Social cohesion includes two types of trust: generalised trust and institutional trust (Fukuyama 2001 ; Zerfu et al 2009 ; Langer et al 2017 ).…”

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Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue

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While there is substantial evidence of the effect of social protection on poverty and vulnerability, limited research has focused on societal outcomes. This paper serves as introduction to a special issue (SI) examining the relationship between social protection and social cohesion in low- and middle-income countries. Over the last years, social cohesion has emerged as a central goal of development policy. The introduction and the papers in the SI use a common definition of social cohesion as a multi-faceted phenomenon, comprising three attributes: cooperation, trust and inclusive identity. This introductory article provides a conceptual framework linking social protection to social cohesion, shows the current empirical evidence for the bi-directional linkages, and highlights how the papers in the SI contribute to filling existing research gaps. In addition to this introduction, the SI encompasses seven papers, covering different world regions and social protection schemes, and using different quantitative and qualitative methods.

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Methodology of the Social Cohesion Radar

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Welfare States and Social Cohesion in Europe: Does Social Service Quality Matter?

Welfare States and Social Cohesion in Europe: Does Social Service Quality Matter?

Acceptance of Diversity as a Building Block of Social Cohesion: Individual and Structural Determinants

Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue

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