Important Roles Factors Affecting Social Cohesion
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Jun 23, 2020
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Social Cohesion Multicultural Ethnic Differences Community Cohesion
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Social cohesion concept has contribution to society in terms of creating social solidarity that is basic needs for all human beings and necessity of nation-state that provides the national stability. Endless development and paying more attention made this concept were enfolded by ideology of researchers in various disciplines. This paper firstly aims to propose the definition, meaning, important factors effect on fostering social cohesion as well as to discuss the limitations, the challenge of Thai multicultural society. Moreover, the study also proposes the community cohesion concept which was the way to resolve the complexity of the concept. Related studies and theories of the concepts were analyzed and synthesized. The finding revealed that the six social factors of social cohesion, namely membership attraction, perceived cohesion, participation, shared community values, social capital, and role of institutions were affected to social cohesion.
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ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารคณะศิลปศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยแม่โจ้ ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยแม่โจ้ ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำ เว้นเสียแต่จะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
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1007/s10551-012-1612-z.
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www.researchgate.net/publication/47339761_Participation_Social_Cohesion_and_the_Challenges_in_the_Governance_Process_An_Analysis_of_a_Post-World_War_II_Neighbourhood_in
_the_Netherlands.
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wp-content/uploads/2012/03/EtSt_Kolsto_Tyldum_2006.pdf.
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researchgate.net/publication/268295929.
Lewicki, R. & Brinsfield, C.T. (2009). Social Capital: Reaching Out, Reaching In. USA: Edward Elgar.
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Maxwell, J. (1996). Social Dimensions of Economic Growth. Retrieved December 15, 2019, from http://
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.491.241&rep=rep1&type=pdf.
Mekoa, I. & Busari, D. (2018). Social Cohesion: Its Meaning and Complexities. Journal of Social Sciences. 14(1), 107-115. Retrieved August 10, 2019, from https://www.researchgate.net/
publication/325847972_Social_Cohesion_Its_Meaning_and_Complexities.
Norton, A. & Haan, A. (2013). Social Cohesion: Theoretical Debates and Practical Applications with Respect to Jobs. Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013. World Bank, Washington, DC. Retrieved December 15, 2019, from https://openknowledge.world bank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/12147/WDR2013_bp_Social_Cohesion_Norton.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
Schiefer, D., & Van der Noll, J. (2017). The Essentials of Social Cohesion: A Literature Review. Social Indicators Research. 132, 579-603. Retrieved November 23, 2019 from https://doi.org/10.10 07/s11205-016-1314-5.
Sloane, L. (2016). The Joint Venture: Social Capital, Social Cohesion and The Process of Integration in The Dutch Participation Society. A case-study from the Netherlands (Master of Arts Thesis, Utrecht University, Netherlands). Retrieved December 19, 2019, from https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/344567.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2011). Perspectives on Global Development 2012, Perspectives on Global Development. Retrieved December 14, 2019, from https://www.oecd.org/site/devpgd2012/49067954.pdf.