Disconnetted cities. The role of social analysis in understanding and planning global cities

TERRITORIO ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 18-19
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Thematic Section ◽  
Social Polarization ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Relationship

The introduction to the thematic section presents the cross-cutting themes addressed in the following papers: globalisation and its impact on social and economic inequalities, social polarization, the relationship between social cohesion and global competitiveness. The presentation of three papers arising from the ongoing ‘Global Cities' held by the author under the Spud Ph.D. of the Politecnico di Milano brings out the need for renewed attention to the recent multi-disciplinary urban transformations.

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.

Women, Faith, and Social Cohesion

2021 ◽  
pp. 327-345
Author(s):  
John Anthony Lawler ◽  
Ghazala Mir
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Formal Leadership ◽  
Participatory Research Methods ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents findings from a research study examining the relationship between faith communities, social cohesion activity and the leadership role of women. The study examined women's exercise of leadership or influence in small intercultural, interfaith projects, which they had developed to improve social cohesion in their local communities. Data were gathered using qualitative interviews and participatory research methods, predominantly with women from a range of religious backgrounds. Findings indicated that women involved in interfaith activity often occupied roles with relatively little power within their communities. Despite this they were at times able to affect considerable influence within their own contexts. Contrary to expectations from existing evidence, changes resulting from the interfaith activities under consideration occurred despite rather than because of formal leadership. The concept and practice of leadership in interfaith activity and how this might relate to different conceptualizations of social cohesion and leadership within faith communities are discussed.

scholarly journals The Intervening Role of Competitiveness on the Relationship Between Sustainability and Tourism Performance: A Research on European Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paşa Mustafa Özyurt ◽  
Kemal Kantarcı
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Being green and being an economically successful and competitive destination has been the core topic in the sustainable development literature in recent years. The link between sustainability and competitiveness in the market is fairly important to study in the tourism industry in order to support and encourage decision makers and stakeholders in their decisions. In this sense, this study has two aims. First aim is to cluster European countries based on their sustainability scores reported in World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index. Second aim is to reveal the intervening role of competitiveness on the relationship between sustainability and tourism performance for European countries. We employed a K-means cluster analysis and several multiple regression analyses. Analyses results revealed three clusters for European countries. Another finding postulated that competitiveness of these countries have been influenced by their level of sustainability. Our final finding posits that tourism performance of these countries in terms of tourist arrivals and tourism receipts has been found to be impacted by the level of tourism competitiveness.

scholarly journals The Relationship between the Country‘s Global Competitiveness and its National MNEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Inga Aleksandrovna Mezinova ◽  
Janetta Benikovna Amirkhanyan ◽  
Oleg Valerjevich Bodiagin ◽  
Milena Miroslavovna Balanova
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Variance Inflation Factor ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Inflation Factor ◽  
Competitiveness Index ◽  
Country Competitiveness ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to study the influence of home-multinational enterprises on country global competitiveness and to determine how this influence changes with the stage of country competitiveness. Based on the regression model, Variance Inflation Factor test and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering method, we analyzed the WEF Global Competitiveness Index 2017–2018 of those countries whose multinational firms were included into the Forbes Global 2000 list of 2017. The findings highlighted the important role of home-MNEs as determinants of countries‘ competitiveness, however MNE-related contribution of different pillars and components of the Global Competitiveness Index vary, depending on the stage of competitiveness of the studied 58 countries.

scholarly journals The role of evolution and invention of tradition in identity and the built environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 551-561
Author(s):  
Robert Adam
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dual Inheritance Theory ◽  
Invented Traditions ◽  
Dual Inheritance

Tradition is often presented as simply the past and a static phenomenon. This view can be shared by some supporters of tradition in architecture and urbanism, leading to a valorisation of literal past form and detail. Social analysis of tradition acknowledges that it is a more complex and not static phenomenon. At the same time, the concept of the invention of tradition is widely used to discredit tradition itself. This paper departs from the work of Halbwachs and subsequent studies on collective identity, Boyd and Richerson on Dual Inheritance Theory, Shils on the ubiquity of tradition and Cohen on the sociology of identity, amongst others. This is combined with case studies in the evolution and invention of tradition. The paper presents the applicability of changing and invented traditions that foment social cohesion and how their use in design can respond to community identity.

scholarly journals Social Cohesion, Ethnicity and Well-Being: Results from an Intervention Study in Kyrgyzstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
M.M. Larsen ◽  
K. Boehnke ◽  
D. Esenaliev ◽  
T. Bruck
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Being There ◽  
The Relationship

When looking at important indicators of well-being, there is extensive evidence that levels of life satisfaction differ between ethnic groups, such that minority groups by and large tend to report lower levels of life satisfaction than majority ethnic groups. A growing body of literature has begun investigating the relationship between an individual’s community and their own levels of life satisfaction. While community deprivation and community ethnic composition are important factors for understanding individual ethnic disparities in life satisfaction, there is a gap in understanding the role of community social cohesion, as well as the effect on change in life satisfaction over time. Using panel survey data from 5.207 adults living in 30 sub-districts of rural Kyrgyzstan, we conduct a multilevel analysis of whether social cohesion serves as a moderator for the relationship between ethnicity and change in life satisfaction. While results do not demonstrate a positive effect of community social cohesion on change in life satisfaction, they do indicate that higher levels of community social cohesion minimize the ethnic group disparities in change in life satisfaction. These findings imply that social cohesion may be one additional piece of the puzzle in understanding ethnic disparities in life satisfaction.

Role of Education in Inter-Caste Marriages of Women from Scheduled Castes in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Ravindra Medhe
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
Large Scope ◽  
Scheduled Castes ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Scheduled Castes (SC) is a group of deprived castes in India. Traditionally, people belongs to these castes are socio-economically exploited and untouchables. The present study analyses the role of education in decision of inter-caste marriages for social cohesion. The relationship between education of bride, parents and parents-in-law with number of inter-caste marriages was calculated using data compiled by India Human Development Survey (2011). The study shows no direct and robust relationship between education and inter-caste marriages. Educated brides lead for inter-caste marriages and educated parents support in this decision, but negative relationship was observed for education of parents-in-law with number of inter-caste marriages. Educated parents-in-law show no acceptance for inter-caste marriages of their shoots. The freedom of choice to bride show key role in formation of inter-case marriages which shows wide state-to-state variations. Education improves the capabilities of a person to deicide their own. Therefore, we have large scope to create bases for inter-caste marriages and social change through enlightenment and education.

scholarly journals The Mediatory Role of Working Hours and Technology in the Relationship between Income and Social Cohesion in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Donkor ◽  
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Francis Azure ◽  
Gideon Adu-Boateng ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
The Relationship
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