Tracking Structural Development Processes through the Inter-group Cohesion Index
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Tracking Structural Development Processesthrough the Inter-group Cohesion Index
John Cameron & Yih Lerh HuangISS
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Tolstoy, in Anna Karenina
What is Social Cohesion?
“the ongoing process of developing a community of shared values, shared challenges and equal opportunity within Canada, based on a sense of trust, hope and reciprocity among all Canadians”
Policy Research Sub-Committee on Social Cohesion (Canada)
“a set of social processes that help instil in individuals the sense of belonging to the same community and the feeling that they are recognised as members of that community”
Commissariat Général du Plan (France)
Multi-dimensional
BelongingInclusion
ParticipationRecognition
Legitimacy
IsolationExclusionNon-involvementRejectionIllegitimacy
Common valuesSocial order
Social solidaritySocial networks
Place attachment
Civic cultureSocial controlWealth disparitiesSocial capitalIdentity
Jenson (1998) Kearns and Forrest (2000)
Equality Inequality Rajulton et al. (2007)
The ISS Inter-group Cohesion Index measures
“the extent to which there is social cohesion between defined religious, ethnic, and linguistic groups, without degeneration into civil unrest or inter-group violence”
Indices of Social Development: Project Overview (2011)
Indicators:• Violent Demonstration• Deaths in Conflict• Inter-group Grievances• Civil Disorder• Internal Conflict• Terrorism Risk• Minority Rebellion Score• Log assassinations per log capita• Log guerrilla acts per log capita• Log riots per log capita• Terrorism• Log terrorist acts per log capita
Only countries with complete data sets are presented (n=96)
Inter-group Cohesion Index Summary
Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max1990 106 .5899623 .1009363 .0000000 .74474241995 103 .6572793 .0919776 .3840644 .80231222000 116 .5996492 .1341715 .2491713 .87444532005 158 .6093794 .0760247 .3515432 .74202202010 158 .5528531 .0854517 .0800696 .7008806 Includes all countries with a score for that chronological data-point
ISDs Mean Scores Weighted by Country Population, 1990-2010
Only countries with complete data sets are presented (n=96)
Adverse events and the onset and depth of declines
• 1997 Asian Financial Crisis• Post-9/11• ‘War on Terror’
Low Income Group
Peaked around 1995 Peaked around 2000
Lower Middle Income Group
Peaked around 1995 Peaked around 2000
Upper Middle Income Group
Peaked around 1995 Peaked around 2000
High Income Group
Peaked around 1995 Peaked around 2000
10 Year Change
Peaked ~ 1995 Peaked ~ 2000 Mann-Whineytest
cohesion Index -0.079 -0.140 p<0.000
Average 10 Year Change post-‘peak’
Peaked ~ 1995 Peaked ~ 2000 Mann-Whineytest
cohesion Index -0.079 -0.140 p<0.000
gdppc growth 34.6% 19.4% p<0.000
10 post-peak change: gdppc vs Inter-group Cohesion – High Income
10 year change (2000-2010): gdppc vs Inter-group Cohesion – Upper Income
Only countries with complete data sets are presented (n=64)
Clubs & Associations Index’s correlation with Inter-group Cohesion Index
Conclusion
• Significant decline in the Inter-group Cohesion Index between 1995 and 2010.
• Some ‘regional’ differences in the timing of the downturn• Greater resilliance in Cohesion scores and less impact on gdppc growth
rates in the 1995 cohort even when controlling for initial gdppc levels using two approaches
• ‘varieties of capitalism’• Small group solidarity as a response to structural insecurities
10 post-peak change: gdppc vs Inter-group Cohesion – Lower Income
10 post-peak change: gdppc vs Inter-group Cohesion – Lower Middle Income
10 post-peak change: gdppc vs Inter-group Cohesion – Upper Middle Income