Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State | nccr – on the move https://nccr-blog.flake.work Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:12:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Social Cohesion Through Solidarity with Refugees https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-through-solidarity-with-refugees/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-through-solidarity-with-refugees/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 07:30:01 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5637 This blog post looks at activists and projects that support homeless refugees as an example of social cohesion through solidarity that takes place in local or transnational networks. In political and media discourse, there is sometimes a fear of insufficient social cohesion referring to nation states – e.g., the cohesion

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-through-solidarity-with-refugees/feed/ 0 Social Cohesion and Outgroup Prosocial Behaviors https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-outgroup-prosocial-behaviors/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-outgroup-prosocial-behaviors/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:30:13 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5564 Intergroup prosocial behaviors, such as immigrants helping nationals, contribute to improving intergroup relations and strengthening social cohesion. However, people might not attribute genuine prosocial motives to a potential helper when negative intergroup perceptions and expectations shape these relations. The present blog describes research investigating factors that influence help-recipients’ understanding of intergroup

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-outgroup-prosocial-behaviors/feed/ 0 Migration, Mobility and Social Cohesion: A Strategic Orientation https://nccr-blog.flake.work/migration-mobility-and-social-cohesion-a-strategic-orientation/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/migration-mobility-and-social-cohesion-a-strategic-orientation/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:30:25 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5544 Many problems in society can only be successfully addressed if its members are willing to cooperate, even if decisions go against their individual or group-specific short-term interests. This cooperation requires a certain level of cohesion among the members of society. Social cohesion can, therefore, be seen as one of the

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/migration-mobility-and-social-cohesion-a-strategic-orientation/feed/ 0 Social Cohesion and Intergroup Attitudes: The Role of Social Norms https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-intergroup-attitudes-the-role-of-social-norms/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-intergroup-attitudes-the-role-of-social-norms/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:30:27 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5527 Increasing global migration streams challenge social cohesion. The present blog contribution describes several lines of research examining how social norms shape the ways both national majorities in destination countries and immigrants react to increased diversity and its consequences. Overall, this research shows how social norms operating at the national and

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/social-cohesion-and-intergroup-attitudes-the-role-of-social-norms/feed/ 0 The Making of Social Cohesion: A Critique of Migration Law and Practices in Switzerland https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-making-of-social-cohesion-a-critique-of-migration-law-and-practices-in-switzerland/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-making-of-social-cohesion-a-critique-of-migration-law-and-practices-in-switzerland/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:30:26 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5497 ‘Integration’ and ‘social cohesion’ have various meanings in public, academic and political debates. While both terms generally remain ambiguous, ‘integration’ becomes a distinctive reality when used by state officials who grant or deny rights. By reviewing recent developments in Swiss migration law, this blog post discusses critically the underlying ideas

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-making-of-social-cohesion-a-critique-of-migration-law-and-practices-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 Post-Immigration Social Cohesion Requires Open Borders and/or Urban Citizenship https://nccr-blog.flake.work/post-immigration-social-cohesion-requires-open-borders-and-or-urban-citizenship/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/post-immigration-social-cohesion-requires-open-borders-and-or-urban-citizenship/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:40:34 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5473 Scholars in normative political philosophy and citizens of immigrant-receiving countries prominently argue that social cohesion is incompatible with immigration. According to this incompatibility legend, the welfare state can only survive if close-border policies protect the shared national identity. This blog post attempts to demonstrate that the incompatibility between social cohesion

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/post-immigration-social-cohesion-requires-open-borders-and-or-urban-citizenship/feed/ 0 Blog Series “Social Cohesion Beyond the Nation State?” https://nccr-blog.flake.work/blog-series-social-cohesion-beyond-the-nation-state/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/blog-series-social-cohesion-beyond-the-nation-state/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 08:30:35 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=5453 “Social cohesion is threatened in Western democracies in times of mobility and migration.” Such concerns are raised both privately and publicly and often linked to fears of a crisis of the nation state. Yet, what is meant by social cohesion in the first place? If defined as connectedness between individuals,

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