Social Cohesion and Voluntary Associations

Heuser, Brian L.

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“…Cities are also becoming more diverse (intensified migration). Issues of social integration, social exclusion and social cohesion are increasingly deliberated within academia and the wider public sphere (Gough and Olofsson 1999;Coburn 2000;Byrne 2005;Heuser 2005;Chan et al 2006;Vertovec 2007;). Research shows that the rapid pace of change has caused a retreat into more privatised worlds, that bonds of solidarity are fragmenting, and that as a result of lack of contact and trust, tensions and divisions are increasing (Baumann 1994;Scheureman 2005;Lownsbrough and Baundeman 2007;Putnam 2000;Vertovec 2007;Sennett 2013).…”

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Motivations for Investing in Allotment Gardening in Dublin: A Sociological Analysis

Kettle

2014

Irish Journal of Sociology

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In recent years, Dublin has witnessed a demonstrable rise in urban agriculture (UA) initiatives. Allotments and community gardens are emerging in abundance in the city and on its perimeter. Traditionally, allotments were associated with older men and lower socio-economic groups. However, recent practices indicate a significant shift in the traditional demographics engaging in practice. Those investing are increasingly younger, from the middle classes, and include more and more women. But what is motivating practice? What has caused this shift? And why are professionals in an advanced capitalist society choosing to cultivate food in and around the contemporary urban metropolis? Drawing on empirical investigations in Dublin between 2011 and 2013, this article argues that the revival of the urban allotment in Dublin after many years of abeyance represents a form of resistance to the dis-embedding processes associated with late and post modernity, and an explicit attempt by urban dwellers to (re)connect with traditional forms of knowledge, the land, and practice (food production systems), but primarily to (re)connect with others, to generate a sense of community, and to restore a sense of belonging in the city.

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Motivations for Investing in Allotment Gardening in Dublin: A Sociological Analysis

Kettle

2014

Irish Journal of Sociology

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“…As Heuser (2005: 24) argues, ‘the keys to social cohesion are creating stability, trust, empowerment, and reciprocity that translate into the greater good’. Currently, the elements of ‘stability’ and ‘trust’ are being undermined, not through the charities themselves or Muslim communities generally, but ill-founded political rhetoric, misleading media reports and counter-productive counter-terror initiatives.…”

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Muslim charity in the United Kingdom: Between counter-terror and social integration

May

2023

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Writing ahead of the next ‘Independent Review’ of the United Kingdom’s counter-terror strategy, this article presents two inter-related arguments. First, that the current counter-terror legislation is counter-productive, according to its own logic, in achieving social integration. Second, that Islamic practices and conceptualisations associated with charitable giving hold potentials to offer a more inclusive understanding of social integration than that currently utilised in the United Kingdom. The actions of Muslim charities and practitioners within Britain (exemplified by service provisions during Covid restrictions) serve as an important tool for social integration. Thus, by exploring the potentials of Muslim charitable giving, an alternative solution to social integration in the United Kingdom is presented. Drawing from participant interviews with a range of Muslim charitable practitioners, this article argues that supporting British Muslim charities would assist social integration and the construction of ‘shared values’ assumed by UK counter-terror strategies to be a tool in combating ‘extremist’ narratives.

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“…In a recent special issue of Peabody Journal of Education, several scholars examined the notion of social cohesion-specifically, the roles played by voluntary associations (Heuser, 2005), primary and secondary schools (Oder, 2005), and institutions of higher education (Moiseyenko, 2005), among others, in bringing about greater social cohesion. As such, each of these amalgamations of individual actors and organizational entities utilized their disposals of human and social capital in unique ways to foster social cohesion (Heyneman, 2005).…”

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“Getting on the Balcony to See the Patterns on the Dance Floor Below”: Considering Organizational Culture in a University–School–Community Collaboration

Miller¹

2007

Journal of School Leadership

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Organizational issues are of particular importance in the planning of university–school–community partnerships because in their efforts to pool resources for the attainment of mutually agreed-on ends, it is evident that partnership participants commonly operate in diverse living, schooling, and working environments. This qualitative study sought to learn how differences in organizational cultures affect a university–school–community partnership as it seeks to achieve mutually agreed-on goals. Guided by Schein's (1990b) theoretical framework, the findings indicate that the partnership was significantly affected by the diversity of its partners’ cultural artifacts, values, and basic underlying assumptions and that leadership plays a vital role in negotiating these differences.

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Social Cohesion and Voluntary Associations

Cited by 18 publications

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Motivations for Investing in Allotment Gardening in Dublin: A Sociological Analysis

Motivations for Investing in Allotment Gardening in Dublin: A Sociological Analysis

Muslim charity in the United Kingdom: Between counter-terror and social integration

“Getting on the Balcony to See the Patterns on the Dance Floor Below”: Considering Organizational Culture in a University–School–Community Collaboration

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