Social and Economic Cohesion in Diverse Societies: An Integral Approach to Education and Development

Social cohesion is a complex and contested concept that is important for education and social policy and practice. This book will contribute to knowledge generation by analyzing theoretical and philosophical assumptions, examining social cohesion models, and developing potential future social cohesion educational programmes and interventions. It will also provide a basis for developing a more balanced, integrated, and holistic representation of social cohesion conceptual and model developments around the world and how it relates to and potentially influences education, educational policy, and transformation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 January 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Social cohesion is a complex and multifaceted concept that has gained increasing attention in recent years, both as an academic concept and as the objective of education and social policy and practice. While there is a growing body of literature on social cohesion, there seems to be a confusion about its meaning, conceptual developments, theoretical foundations, and models emerging around it. This book aims to contribute to social cohesion knowledge generation in several ways. Firstly, it recognizes that social cohesion is an emerging and contested field and that understanding the concept is important for educational and social sciences theorists and practitioners. Secondly, it highlights the importance of analyzing the theoretical and philosophical assumptions that frame the concept of social cohesion and its interrelatedness with education. Thirdly, it examines social cohesion models emerging from different contexts and provides insights for social sciences practitioners, educators, and policy developers in formal and informal settings. Fourthly, it provides a basis for developing potential future social cohesion educational programmes and interventions rooted in a theoretical framework congruent with the aspirations of a social cohesion discourse and contributes to theory building in the field of social cohesion. Finally, it contributes to a more balanced, integrated, and holistic representation of social cohesion conceptual and model developments around the world and how it relates and potentially influences education, educational policy, and transformation to create more socially cohesive alternative futures for the greater good.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138695740