La relation entre mobilité sociale et cohésion sociale s'appuie sur plusieurs critères complexes. Par essence, elle concerne l'équité sociale et mesure l'égalité des chances économiques ou, plus largement, des chances de la vie et la façon dont la société traduit dans la réalité les principes d'égalité des chances.La mobilité intergénérationnelle des revenus ou du statut socio-économique démontre le degré réel d'égalité. Une société plus cohésive est une société dans laquelle les individus ne sont pas divisés selon des critères socio-économiques ou autres et dans laquelle les citoyens acceptent que le niveau de récompenses soit fondé sur l'équité et que tous aient un départ égal dans la vie.Cette étude examine les facteurs qui influencent la mobilité sociale et les politiques qui pourraient être mises en oeuvre afin de la faciliter, notamment celles concernant la protection sociale, les services préscolaires, le système éducatif, les structures d'orientation professionnelles et les services du marché du travail.

"The European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) is the intergovernmental body of the Council of Europe addressing social issues at the level of its 47 member states. This publication includes the Recommendation on fostering social mobillty as a contribututin to social cohesion."--Page 8.

The European Yearbook promotes the scientific study of nineteen European supranational organisations and the OECD. Each volume contains a detailed survey of the history, structure and yearly activities of each organisation and an up-to-date chart providing a clear overview of the member states of each organisation.

Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer apply. The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural policy landscape, and offers a potentially compelling alternative rationale for government intervention in the cultural sector. Likewise, the articulation and use of cultural indicators and of governance concepts are also new arrivals, emerging as potentially powerful tools for policy and program development. Accounting for Culture is a unique collection of essays from leading Canadian and international scholars that critically examines cultural citizenship, cultural indicators, and governance in the context of evolving cultural practices and cultural policy-making. It will be of great interest to scholars of cultural policy, communications, cultural studies, and public administration alike.

Previously the role of social capital - defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, and the associated norms and values - in programs of poverty alleviation and development has risen to considerable prominence. Although development practitioners have long suspected that social capital does affect the efficiency and quality of most development processes, this book provides the rigorous empirical results needed to confirm that impression and translate it into effective and informed policymaking. It is based on a large volume of collected data, relying equally on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to establish approaches for measuring social capital and its impact. The book documents the pervasive role of social capital in accelerating poverty alleviation and rural development, facilitating the provision of goods and services, and easing political transition and recovery from civil conflicts.

Diaspora & transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic & political discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly overlap today. Such inflation of meanings goes hand in hand with a danger of essentialising collective identities. This book analyses this topic.