SOCIAL COHESION IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES. CONCEPTUALISING AND ASSESSING TOGETHERNESS. Routledge, London and New York, 2023. Aruqaj Bujar

Abstract

Starting from the premise that the current problems facing Europe threaten social cohesion, the author seeks to answer a question that has preoccupied many classical thinkers and repeatedly resurfaces during periods of profound transformations: what holds society together? In the context of growing social inequalities, migration, demographic shifts, and axiological changes – amplified by recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine – Aruqaj Bujar provides a clear picture of social cohesion within and between European societies.