Menu
Zjistit stav objednávky
Kontaktujte nás
Kniha Social Cohesion Contested Dan Swain

Social Cohesion Contested

Living Together Beyond the Neoliberal Regime

Autor: Dan Swain, Petr Urban
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Vydavatel: Rowman & Littlefield
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
Odesíláme za 10-18 dnů
2 275 Kč
In recent decades social cohesion has emerged as a major concern of states, policymakers and researc...

Informace o knize

Autor
Dan Swain, Petr Urban
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2024
Stránek
176
EAN
9781538176627
Enbook ID
44056617
Vydavatel
Rowman & Littlefield
Hmotnost
399
Rozměry
152 x 229

Kompletní popis

In recent decades social cohesion has emerged as a major concern of states, policymakers and researchers. Social cohesion is represented as a desirable policy goal and as the basis for everything from economic growth to individual well-being. At the same time, it is increasingly presented as a single substance, which can be measured, tracked, and compared across diverse societies. But why should we think of the complex ways in which we can live well together in terms of a single substance? Social Cohesion Contested challenges this way of thinking, suggesting that social cohesion has become a buzzword that obscures more than it illuminates.

Dan Swain and Petr Urban trace the rise of the concept through the policy agendas of transnational and international bodies, and analyze the reactions of social researchers to the demands of policymakers for a clear and operationalizable concept. They argue that the term is frequently used in a way that assumes broad understanding and agreement, while in practice it is subject to contradictory definitions and often loaded with various implicit and explicit values, which become masked behind a veneer of scientific authority and normative legitimacy. The more that social cohesion is treated as a single substance with a clear and uncontroversial meaning, the more it narrows the space for debate and contestation around both the policies adopted in its name and the understanding of the social on which it rests. In contrast, if social cohesion is to mean anything it ought to be understood explicitly as a contested concept, and actively subject to contestation. The book thus provides not only a critique of a popular concept, but an example of engaged philosophical criticism of social research and policy.

Mohlo by vás zajímat

Anarchists (RLE Anarchy)

James Joll
5 272 Kč

Tragic Wisdom and beyond

Marcel
766 Kč

Dr. Seuss's Ultimate Beginning Reader Collection: With 16 Beginner Books and Bright & Early Books

SEUSS
2 343 Kč

Easy Learning Italian Complete Grammar, Verbs and Vocabulary (3 books in 1)

Collins Dictionaries
324 Kč

Constitution of Society - Outline of the Theory of Structuration

Anthony Giddens
536 Kč

Becoming Your Own Emotional Support System

Linda L. Simmons
3 642 Kč

Dandelion War

Richard Rosenthal
331 Kč

Strange Empire: A Narrative of the Northwest

Joseph Kinsey Howard
1 086 Kč

Zákaznicí kteří koupili tuto knihu koupili také

Weyl Geometrisine Panoramik Bir Bakış

Nurcan Fusun
710 Kč

ROUGE ARCHITECTURE MONOCHROME

PAUL STELLA
1 133 Kč

Putování skřítka Vltavínka po Vltavě

Zuzana Pospíšilová
134 Kč

Wild Love. Rose Hill. Tom 1

Elsie Silver
267 Kč