Security and social cohesion
Subtitle: deconstructing fear (of others) by going beyond stereotypes = L'approche de la sécurité par la cohésion sociale : déconstruire la peur (des autres) en allant au-delà des stéréotypes
Series: Trends in social cohesion -- no. 11
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Social policy; Social conditions
Other titles: Approche de la sécurité par la cohésion sociale : déconstruire la peur (des autres) en allant au-delà des stéréotypes
Description: This volume contains ideas concerning two questions relating to the effects of the feeling of insecurity on social cohesion: why does modern European society - where solidarity and collective identity are an integral part of the heritage - create a sometimes seemingly irrational demand for security? Do we have the institutional and political means to dispel the feelings of insecurity and fear that are taking hold in our societies as globalisation progresses?The texts presented suggest that we should refrain from stigmatising, criminalising, "ghetto-ising" and finding scapegoats, and call on us to find ways to dispel the fear (of others) which divides us and to open up our societies to initiatives leading to the globalisation of solidarity, while recognising everyone's rights and leaving all stereotypes behind. -- Council of Europe.
Notes: Texts bound together back to back and inverted. Printed tête-bêche.

"Published by the Social Cohesion Development Division with the support of the Integrated Project 'Response to violence in everyday life in a democratic society'."

Text in English and French.