Social Cohesion in the Western World

Kai Unzicker is Senior Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh and is heading the Social Cohesion Radar project. He holds a degree in sociology from Philipps-University Marburg and a doctoral degree in educational science from the University of Bielefeld. Before joining Bertelsmann Stiftung he was a research associate at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (University of Bielefeld).

• Theoretical Framework.- Methodology of the Social Cohesion Radar.- Level and Trend of Social Cohesion.- Syndrome Character and Regimes of Social Cohesion.- Macro-Level Causes and Effects of Social Cohesion.- Macro-Micro Associations of Social Cohesion.- A Case Study: Social Cohesion in Germany.- Conclusion and Outlook.

“The authors succinctly and coherently present a sophisticated analysis of social cohesion and its concomitant factors … . The book would be of interest to scholars of social cohesion, and social cohesion policy makers. I would also recommend the book to quantitative methods instructors. Dragolov et al. succeed in presenting complex statistical methods in an easily understood manner, making it accessible to those without a strong background in quantitative methodology.” (Stephen Richard Trotter, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol. 7 (3), September, 2017)