Abstract
With the macro-, meso- and micro-level of social reality correspond different modes of solidarity, which partly explains the concept’s multidimensionality. This is illustrated though an analysis of three empirical studies.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Alexander, J. C. (2014 [1983]). The modern reconstruction of classical thought: Talcott Parsons. London and New York: Routledge.
Bayertz, K. (1999). Four uses of “solidarity”. In K. Bayertz (Ed.), Solidarity (pp. 3–28). Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Bellah, R. (1973). Emile Durkheim on morality and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Brunkhorst, H. (2005 [2002]). Solidarity: From civic friendship to a global legal community. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Giddens, A. (1993). New rules of sociological method: A positive critique of interpretative sociologies (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Polity Press.
Gofman, A. (2014). Durkheim’s theory of social solidarity and social rules. In V. Jeffries (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of altruism, morality, and social solidarity: Formulating a field of study (pp. 45–70). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Heelas, P., Lash, S., & Morris, P. (Eds.). (1996). Detraditionalization. Oxford: Blackwell.
Luhmann, N. (2012 [1997]). Theory of society (2 vols.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Smith, C., & Sorrell, K. (2014). On social solidarity. In V. Jeffries (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of altruism, morality, and social solidarity: Formulating a field of study (pp. 219–248). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Laermans, R. (2020). Enacting Solidarity. In: Van Hoyweghen, I., Pulignano, V., Meyers, G. (eds) Shifting Solidarities . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44062-6_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44062-6_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-44061-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-44062-6
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)