Sentences with phrase «does social cohesion»

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They do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion.

Frazier, and in this matter, DuBois, while acknowledging such elements did not see these elements of ultimate significance, for they could not see these forms playing an important role in the social cohesion of the black community» (S 175).

Between about 1870 and 1970 many countries of the western world did focus their attention on economic policies that promoted social cohesion at the national level.

Granted that religious forms and institutions, like other fields of human and cultural activity, are conditioned by the nature, atmosphere, and dynamics of a given society, to what extent does religion contribute to the cohesion of a social group and to the dynamics of its development and history?

A major factor in Jeremy Corbyn's appeal to voters in the recent leadership election — and potentially to the wider electorate as well — was his brave assertion that austerity was the wrong response to recession and was doing absolutely avoidable damage to both economic performance and social cohesion.

Even where schools do legally discriminate on religious grounds, this can lead to ethnic, socio - economic and religious segregation of pupils in practice and create wider problems for social cohesion and equality.

But comparing the sensor data with the economists» survey data, Waber found the opposite: Bankers belonging to a small, tight - knit group of co-workers who spoke frequently with one another — an indicator of what social scientists call social cohesion — were not only happier in their jobs, they also got more work done, shared ideas faster and divvied up tasks more efficiently.

«I would have encouraged someone doing this type of study to look for indicators of social cohesion and connections — for institutions like churches,» whose members, for example, might have social contacts who can shelter them in emergencies, explains Jason Corburn, who directs the Institute of Urban and Regional Development and the Center for Global Healthy Cities at the University of California, Berkeley.

Pilot whales have a strong social cohesion system which helps them stick together in the open sea, but this means if one gets into trouble, they all do.

A 2005 report by the Rand Corporation about the visual arts argues that the intrinsic pleasures and stimulation of the art experience do more than sweeten an individual's life — according to the report, they «can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing,» creating the foundation to forge social bonds and community cohesion.

«Attainment, achievement, family support, students» social cohesion — all of those fields that schools do that people almost take for granted could be affected.»

It is one thing to share the authors» concerns about equity and current threats to social cohesion (which I do) and quite another to think they have made the case either that charter schools are threats to those values or that schools controlled by elected school boards effectively promote them.

If a larger share of students attended private schools that did not teach civics as comprehensively, we would expect to find a decline in social cohesion.

How do architecture and urbanism inform social infrastructures and cohesion?

The artist Hélio Oiticica once called Brazil «the country that simply doesn't exist» — meaning, one presumes, that there was no single essence that could lend his nation a unified identity.In the decades since those words were written, Brazil has become increasingly fragmented, as social cohesion has been sundered by widening disparities in opportunity.

Disturbing ter see «doing science,» innovation of an open society, captured by the thinking of a tribal society, magical thinking and observing taboos that serve social cohesion but not truth.

You don't need to be an environmentalist to believe in «universal healthcare», or for social cohesion, for instance.

Do perceptions of social cohesion, social support, and social control mediate the effects of local community participation on neighborhood satisfaction?

Family cohesion did not serve protective functions for girls, and along with overall social support, was associated with increased vulnerability to school problems.