HomeLibraryPublication

Reconsidering social cohesion: Developing a definition and analytical framework for empirical research

Joseph Chan, Ho-Pong To & Elaine Chan (2006)

Key facts

Journal/Publisher
Social Indicators Research
Type of publication
Journal article
Elements of social cohesion
Other (definition of concepts)
Geographical focus
Theoretical
Main thematic areas
Concept & measurement

Summary

Despite its growing currency in academic and policy circles, social cohesion is a term in need of a clearer and more rigorous definition. This article provides a critical review of the ways social cohesion has been conceptualized in the literature in many cases, definitions are too loosely made, with a common confusion between the content and the causes or effects of social cohesion. This motivates us to propose a refined definition that we hope is clearer and more rigorous. We will show how our definition could be operationalized into a measurement scheme that facilitates empirical work on social cohesion.

Publication_2006_Joseph Chan, Ho-Pong To & Elaine Chan

Explore the hub further

graph_concept_Reconsidering social cohesion: Definition and analytical framework
Concept

Reconsidering social cohesion: Definition and analytical framework

graph_data_SCORE Ukraine & SCORE Eastern Ukraine
Data

SCORE Ukraine & SCORE Eastern Ukraine

graph_publication_Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Library

Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

image_project_Sport for Development Resource Toolkit
Project

Sport for Development Resource Toolkit