Comparative Study of Social Cohesion and Economic Inequality
RC42 session · XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gwangju 2027
This session examines how economic inequality and beliefs about inequality connect to social cohesion in contemporary societies. The organizers invite submissions exploring two interrelated perspectives: macro-micro dynamics (how country-level economic conditions shape attitudes supporting social cohesion) and micro-micro interactions (how individual beliefs about distributive arrangements influence trust and solidarity).
Papers may address the relationship between inequality beliefs and cohesion across groups and institutions; social and institutional mechanisms linking distributive conditions to cohesion; and how social networks mediate inequality’s effects on attitudes and behavior.
The session welcomes comparative research (cross-national or case-based), single-country studies with broader implications, and quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method approaches. Submissions from political sociology, social stratification, welfare research, network sociology, and related disciplines are encouraged, with particular interest in understudied regions.
Organizer(s)/Chair(s):
- Julio Iturra, University of Bremen, Germany
- Gonzalo Franetovic, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Host committee(s): RC42 Social Psychology
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