Social Cohesion

Question 1

What is Social Cohesion?

Answer 1

• Refers to the strength of relationships
• Sense of solidarity among members of a community
• Minimising disparities and avoiding marginalisation
• Social connectedness + sense of unity, trust, belonging, acceptance and tolerance.
  => Belonging, Inclusion, Participation, Recognition, Legitimacy.

Question 2

Factors that support Social Cohesion

Answer 2

• Sense of belonging eg identifying with Australia and Aus values (mateship, loyalty etc)
• Recognition
• Social Justice and equity
• Social Order
• Social Inclusion
• Participation (Civic culture) eg volunteering or voting
• Cooperation
• Acceptance

Question 3

Factors that undermine Social Cohesion

Answer 3

• Rejection
• Isolation
• Injustice
• Inequality/inequity
• Lack of social order
• Social Exclusion
• Lack of involvement in civic culture

Question 4

Social Exclusion

Answer 4

Form of social disadvantage encompassing economic and non-economic factors. Excludes individuals from society. e.g. Migrants, Disabled, Homelessness, Indigenous.

Question 5

Social Cohesion, Social Systems and Sustainability

Answer 5

Stable social systems lead to social cohesion within a community….this can in turn lead to a sustainable community

Question 6

Social System

Answer 6

A set of moral-political-economic principles embodied in a society’s laws, institutions, and government, which determine the relationships, the terms of association, among the people living in a given geographical area. E.g. Family, religion, law, the economy, the church, education, schooling

Question 7

Sustainable society

Answer 7

A society that manages its economy and population size without doing irreparable environmental harm by overloading the planet’s ability to absorb environmental insults, replenish its resources, and sustain human and other forms of life.
During this period, it satisfies the needs of its people without depleting natural resources and thereby jeopardising the prospects of current and future generations of humans and other species.

Question 8

Primary Sources

Answer 8

Direct or firsthand evidence.

Historical/legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects. Interviews, surveys, emails,

Question 9

Interrelationship - SC + SS + S

Answer 9

Social system – religion/church

Ways the church can enhance social cohesion
* Sense of feeling/belonging through
* Food hampers for the poor, op shop + Mission trips/ financial support for poor communities
* Counselling for struggling families
* Friendships + Youth programs

If we are giving food to help those in need, there is reduced likelihood of crime in order to steal to provide food for example. If we are providing counselling to families/people in need we are more likely able to reduce the amount of domestic violence perpetrated.

Ways the church can enhance a Sustainable community?
* Local poor helped, people feeling good and therefore caring for others, some families staying together due to counselling, friendships.

∴ Stable social systems lead to social cohesion within a community….this can in turn lead to a sustainable community

Question 10

Secondary Sources

Answer 10

Describe/discuss/interpret/analyze…. sources.

Articles in newspapers/magazines, book or movie reviews, scholarly journals that discuss or evaluate someone else’s original research