Reconsidering Social Cohesion: Developing a Definition and Analytical Framework for Empirical Research |
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Authors: | Joseph Chan Ho-Pong To Elaine Chan |
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Institution: | (1) Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | definition measurement operationalization social cohesion |
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