Paul Spicker
Cohesion, exclusion and social quality.
Spicker, Paul
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Abstract
The concept of social quality has been operationalized in terms of four component dimensions: social inclustion, social cohesion, socio-economic security and social empowerment. This article argues that inclusion and cohesion are aspects of the same underlying social construct. Societies are cohesive to the extent that they are bound by relationships of solidarity; people are included when they are part of solidaristic social networks. Where there is cohesion, there is solidarity, and where there is solidarity, there is inclusion. It follows that the attempt to define social quality in terms of a formal distiction between inclusion and cohesion is doomed to failure. They cannot be treated as distict elements, and the attempt to distinguish them has led to double-counting.
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SPICKER, P. 2014. Cohesion, exclusion and social quality. International journal of social quality [online], 4(1), pages 95-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2014.040107
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 1, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 1, 2014 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Sep 15, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | International journal of social quality |
Print ISSN | 1757-0344 |
Electronic ISSN | 1757-0352 |
Publisher | Berghahn Journals |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 95-107 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2014.040107 |
Keywords | Exclusion; Inclusion; Indicators; Social cohesion; Social quality; Solidarity |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1706 |
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