Morality as a Cultural System: On Solidarity Civil and Uncivil

Alexander, Jeffrey C.

doi:10.1057/9781137391865_13

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“…Accordingly, some authors understand solidarity as an emotional tie of an individual to a specific group, a feeling of belonging and obligation (Blumer 1939;Melucci 1988). Others refer to a common identity as well as shared values and beliefs, rendering solidarity part of the overall cultural system of society (Alexander 2014;Bayertz 1999;Durkheim 1893). In contrast, organic solidarity refers to some mutual interdependence among the members of a group (Durkheim 1893).…”

Section: What Is Solidarity?mentioning

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Crises and the reconfiguration of solidarities in Europe – origins, scope, variations

Koos

2019

European Societies

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In the last decade, Europe has been affected by several crises, which had and still have detrimental consequences for the life of many people, suffering from unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. The special issue seeks to explore how these crises have challenged and promoted solidarities within and between European countries. In the introductory paper, first a typology of different types of solidaritysocial, political and welfareis developed to account for the varied meanings and uses of the term. Second, the origins and scopes of the different types of solidarity and their link to crises are discussed. After introducing the special issue papers, five contributions to the understanding of crises and solidarities are highlighted, namely: the meanings of solidarity are varied and discursively contested; different types of solidarity merge and interact; crises are a necessary, but not sufficient condition for solidarity to emerge; crises alter the scope of solidarity; economic shocks can have long-term effects on solidarity. Thus, crises have led to a reconfiguration of solidarities in Europe.

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Section: What Is Solidarity?mentioning

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Crises and the reconfiguration of solidarities in Europe – origins, scope, variations

Koos

2019

European Societies

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“…Macro-solidarity (or 'altruistic solidarity' by Voland, 1999: 158) is aimed at 'improving the situation of people who exist outside the horizon of personal interests' (Bierhoff, 2002: 295) and is motivated by values, norms and the creation of feelings of moral obligations to others. Altruistic solidarity is linked to values connected to selftranscendence, such as 'helpfulness, responsibility, honesty, loyalty, social justice, a world at peace, inner harmony, equality, and unity with nature' (Bierhoff, 2002: 285 Macro-solidarity as an abstract dimension can be measured by two different variable sets: the first refers to general inclusive values concerning equality and altruism (Alexander, 2014;Voland 1999: 158), while the second one to migrationrelated issues (Stjernø, 2005: 28;Denz, 2003). Values that correspond to lower levels of conditionality and selectivity point to inclusive-, while those that correspond to higher levels of conditionality and selectivity point to exclusive forms of solidarity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Different Types of Solidarity in Times of Crises

Grajczjár¹,

Nagy

Örkény³

2019

Intersections

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The aim of this paper is to map and contrast recent developments in attitudes towards different types of solidarity in Austria and Hungary. The context of the paper is that the economic and the so-called 'refugee' crisis and its social and political consequences have fundamentally affected European attitudes towards solidarity. Such times of crisis are often seen as providing ample opportunities for the populist radical right to prosper. Nevertheless, the above developments do not necessarily mean a weakening of solidarity as its forms may change and its meanings become contested. Based on a comparison of Austrian and Hungarian results of the ESS round 8 (2016) the article -with the help of k-means cluster and multinomial logistic regression analysesexamines what solidarity positions can be observed and contrasted and how they may be linked step-by-step to 1) objective socio-demographic variables, 2) subjective perceptions at the micro-level (like social trust, well-being, and feelings of insecurity), 3) subjective perceptions at the macro-level (like institutional and political trust, attachment to country and the EU), moreover 4) to different values and attitudes like xenophobia, homophobia, conformism or statism on the one hand, and, 5) to political orientations and voting intentions on the other.

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“…Western society appeals to the law rather than to justice (Dempsey, 2008;Premdas, 2016). For example, Alexander (2014) considers justice as an element of social resources of consolidation in modern "post-Marxist" reality. Pirogov and Efimov (2008) emphasize that: "concepts of social justice depend on the socioeconomic structure, the balance of power, political culture of the elite.…”

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confidence: 99%