The Rise and Fall of Social Cohesion: The Construction and De-construction of Social Trust in the US, UK, Sweden and...
- ISBN-10
- 0199681848
- ISBN-13
- 9780199681846
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-20
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Christian Albrekt Larsen
Description
The book explores the ways in which social cohesion -- measured as trust in unknown fellow citizens -- can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social cohesion declined in the latter part of the 20th century, and Sweden and Denmark, where social cohesion increased, and aims to put forward a social constructivist explanation for this shift. Based on unique empirical data material, it demonstrates how "the bottom" and "the middle" ofsociety is differently constructed across countries.
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