An empirical multilevel study of the relation between community level social cohesion indicators and individual social capital in Flanders, Belgium
Journal: Lirias (KU Leuven)
Year: 2015

Social cohesion is introduced as an answer to the question “What holds societies together?” by academics, politicians and the public opinion. However, the proliferation of conceptualisations and operationalisations seems to have made social cohesion (too) broad, (too) vague, and (too) popular to handle. Contrary, disciplinary boundaries seem to have led to protectionism, disregarding social cohesion’s multi-disciplinary aspects. First of all, the conceptualisation and operationalisation of socia