scholarly journals Does Economic Vulnerability Affect Social Cohersion? Evidence from a Comparative Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loris Vergolini
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Main Research ◽  
European Foundation ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the relationship between social cohesion and social inequalities in Europe. The analysis is built around two main research questions: Does economic inequality exert an impact on the level of social cohesion? Does social class mediate between economic inequality and social cohesion? The comparative analysis is based on the welfare regimes perspective. In particular, I believe that welfare state is relevant because it influences both the relationship between social class and economic inequality, and the link between social cohesion and economic inequality. The empirical analysis, based on data from the “European Quality of Life Survey” collected by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in 2003, shows that economic inequality does influence social cohesion and that social class and welfare regime are not fully able to mediate this effect.

scholarly journals Invited Commentary: Social Cohesion, Depression, and the Role of Welfare States

2019 ◽  
Vol 189 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-357
Author(s):  
Mikael Rostila
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In this issue of the Journal, Baranyi et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2019;000(00):000–000) examine the longitudinal associations of perceived neighborhood disorder and social cohesion with depressive symptoms among persons aged 50 years or more in 16 different countries. An important contribution of their article is that they study how neighborhood-level social capital relates to depression in different welfare-state contexts. Although the authors provide empirical evidence for some significant differences between welfare states in the relationship between social capital and depression, they say little about potential explanations. In this commentary, I draw attention to welfare-state theory and how it could provide us with a greater understanding of Baranyi et al.’s findings. I also discuss the potential downsides of grouping countries into welfare regimes. I primarily focus on the associations between social cohesion and depression, as these associations were generally stronger than those for neighborhood disorder and depression. Finally, I provide some suggestions for future research within the field and discuss whether the findings could be used to guide policies aimed at increasing social cohesion and health.

Wyzwania edukacyjne w kontekście narastających nierówności społecznych

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3 (249)) ◽  
pp. 138-149
Author(s):  
Mariola Badowska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Antisocial Behaviour ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Functional Systems

The problem of modern society is that it does not integrate its members into functional systems as a collectivity of individuals with a sense of community and interdependence, but makes them a group of consumers who want to achieve success on their own and for their own benefits. However, not everyone is able to achieve the desired goal. As a result, we have social inequalities that significantly affect relationships and social processes. For many years, economists and sociologists have pointed to the fact that economic success does not necessarily translate into welfare (or quality of life) of societies. They even talk about the “breakdown of society” phenomenon, i.e., an increase in antisocial behaviour and a loss of a sense of community. In the current social reality, we can identify many examples of the fact that their fears are justified. All this makes the need for educational measures to stop or even reverse these phenomena threatening social cohesion seem reasonable.

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship between Social Class and Quality of Life: the Mediating Role of Power and Status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Wingen ◽  
Birte Englich ◽  
Víctor Estal-Muñoz ◽  
Silvana Mareva ◽  
Angelos P. Kassianos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Social Sciences and Inequalities in the New Post-COVID-19 “Normal”

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Maria José Sá ◽  
Sandro Serpa
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Educational ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Inequalities

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 (either through its direct effects by the disease it causes or the measures taken in an attempt to control its spread) had, and still has, a profound effect at several levels beyond the medical, such as the economic and social, political, scientific, psychological, educational, legal and religious levels, among others. However, studies demonstrate that this influence has not been the same for all due to old inequalities and also the emergence of new inequalities. In this letter to the Editor, the authors discuss some of the contributions of the Social Sciences to the understanding of social inequalities in this new post-COVID-19 “normal” through the mobilization of relevant literature and also their experience in analysing COVID-19 with the eyes of the Social Sciences, notwithstanding their plurality. The results of this analysis allow concluding that the Social Sciences can make a very relevant contribution – in an interdisciplinary way – to the understanding of this phenomenon of the relationship between COVID-19 and inequalities based on socioeconomic factors with the aim of increasing social cohesion and social justice.   Received: 4 October 2021 / Accepted: 11 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

scholarly journals Alternative Exhibition Spaces. Multi-criteria Method of Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Stefańska ◽  
Paulina Kowalczyk ◽  
Agata Gawlak
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Exhibition Space ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Art Objects ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The aim of this article is to make a multi-criteria analysis of various exhibition spaces of an originally non-exhibition character and to determine how these spaces affect the selection of works and the exhibition concept. The analysis is based on the exhibitions of art objects at collective exhibitions in unconventional architectural spaces: commercial, i.e. the modern office building of PBG Gallery Skalar Office Centre in Poznań, post-industrial i.e. in the former Zakłady Przemysłu Ziemniaczanego Lubanta S.A. and in the historic interior of the "U Jezuitów" Gallery of the Cultural Integration Centre in Poznań. The multi-criteria comparative analysis shows a variety of features of the studied spaces as well as the relationship between architecture and art and their mutual interaction. The participatory role of the non-exhibition space in the process of creating an exhibition and selecting works has been proven. It has also been confirmed that the presentation of works of art in originally non-exhibition spaces creates a new quality of the artwork. Unconventional architectural space, when used for the exhibition of works of art, expands and strengthens the area of ​​their influence through the interaction between the work and the architectural space. The specificity of the space adapted for exhibition needs, the presence and type of architectural details in the interior, the quantity and quality of light and its distribution in space, the volume and colour of the interior determine the exhibition space and influence the shape of the exhibitions organised and the reception of the artworks. The only condition for the change of the original function of an architectural space into that of an exhibition space is a coherent artistic vision of the creator. This should take into account the appropriate selection of the exhibited objects, where the process of searching for the relationship between architecture and art determines the features of the architectural space as integral components influencing the realisation of the exhibition .

Time and well-being, an institutional, comparative perspective: Is it time to explore the idea of a time policy?

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihi Lahat ◽  
Itai Sened
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Third ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the relationship between time and well-being as a social policy question. Although the research on time and well-being is extensive, few have dealt with them together from a comparative institutional perspective. Based on data from the third European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) of 2012, regarding 34 mostly European countries, in different welfare regimes, we explore two issues: (1) What are the effects of welfare regimes on the uses of time and subjective well-being? and (2) What are the effects of different uses of time on subjective well-being? We find that the institutional structure – the welfare regime – affects the way people use their time. Furthermore, the findings documented that uses of time have a direct effect on well-being when controlling for individual level as well as country-level variables. These findings may have important implications for policymaking.

Retrenched Welfare Regimes Still Lessen Social Class Inequalities in Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Muntaner ◽  
O. Davis ◽  
K. McIsaack ◽  
L. Kokkinen ◽  
K. Shankardass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Health It ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

This article builds on recent work that has explored how welfare regimes moderate social class inequalities in health. It extends research to date by using longitudinal data from the EU-SILC (2003–2010) and examines how the relationship between social class and self-reported health and chronic conditions varies across 23 countries, which are split into five welfare regimes (Nordic, Anglo-Saxon, Eastern, Southern, and Continental). Our analysis finds that health across all classes was only worse in Eastern Europe (compared with the Nordic countries). In contrast, we find evidence that the social class gradient in both measures of health was significantly wider in the Anglo-Saxon and Southern regimes. We suggest that this evidence supports the notion that welfare regimes continue to explain differences in health according to social class location. We therefore argue that although downward pressures from globalization and neoliberalism have blurred welfare regime typologies, the Nordic model may continue to have an important mediating effect on class-based inequalities in health.

scholarly journals Some considerations on the relationship between economic and social cohesion and implementation of the cohesion policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Dziembała
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Territorial Cohesion ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The processes of deepening economic integration and regional development contribute to the intensification of inter-regional disparities. The EU’s efforts to achieve cohesion are intended to contribute to lifting the level of socio-economic development, improving the quality of life of residents, and also solving emerging problems, including social ones, so that the benefits of growth spread evenly across the EU. This inevitably has the implication, in the name of solidarity principle, of the need to provide support to countries and regions at a disadvantage to achieve cohesion within the EU. The Union promotes economic, social and territorial cohesion among Member States (MS) through grants of financial assistance and in the many benefits achieved from the implementation of EU policies. One of these policies is the cohesion policy, the aim of which is to achieve a social, economic and territorial cohesion within the Union. This paper aims to identify current perceptions of cohesion in the EU. Here we will argue that there is no conflictual relationship between economic and social cohesion; that both dimensions are self-reinforcing, and economic cohesion presupposes social cohesion. The paper also discusses the socio-economic cohesion of Poland and its regions against the background of the new EU MS. It will also assess the contribution of EU cohesion policy in the socio-economic development of Polish regions.

scholarly journals Authentic Leadership and Job Satisfaction: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baquero ◽  
Delgado ◽  
Escortell ◽  
Sapena
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Moral Perspective ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between leadership and job satisfaction has attracted considerable scientific interest, especially in relation to the quality of tourism businesses. This study investigated this relationship within the framework of authentic leadership. The study also explored differences between outsourced workers and internal hotel employees in terms of the influence of authentic leadership on job satisfaction. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) offered valuable new insight. This study was based on a sample of 58 heads of department of four/five star hotels in the Canary Islands, Spain. The results suggest that high levels of leadership in the four subscales of authentic leadership (balanced processing, relational transparency, self-awareness, and internalized moral perspective) are sufficient to increase job satisfaction. The same outcome is achieved with high levels of balanced processing, even though it is accompanied by low transparency and low levels of internalized moral perspective. There are no major differences between outsourced workers and internal employees, except in terms of the importance of self-awareness. These results can help hotel managers reflect upon leadership and can provide new approaches for scientific research in this area.

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