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SoSe 18: Social Cohesion in Europe

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Kommentar

Our context and time is posing many challenges to European societies today: increasing diversity as a result of immigration to Europe over the past decades; the widening income gap between rich and poor; the current rise of right-leaning political movements, and fears of the political disintegration of the EU have alarmed academics, policymakers, as well as the wider public. For many, such trends have created the perception that the very “social fabric” of societies is being weakened. But what is social cohesion and how can we assess it? What makes society act “as one” and fosters a more “holistic” societal cooperation? The course will offer insight into the conceptual as well as the empirical aspects pertaining to social cohesion. We will begin by reviewing classical writings in the topic by authors such as Durkheim on mechanical and organic solidarity, Rawls’ idea of a well-ordered society, Lockwood on social and system integration, up to very recent studies done globally on social cohesion. The second part of the course will look deeper into the empirical research of social cohesion in different European societies. Here, we will address more concise questions, such as: What are the constitutive components of social cohesion? How to assess/measure cohesion? What makes some societies more cohesive than other? What does the condition of subnational groups such as ethnic minorities and migrants within a society reveal about the overall cohesiveness of a society? What policies can foster cohesion? What erodes the cohesiveness of society? Schließen

13 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Di, 16:00 - 18:00 13 Termine

Di, 17.04.2018 16:00 - 18:00

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Bujar Aruqaj