Social Cohesion in a World in Conflicts

Abstract

Global crises — ranging from international wars to climate change and democratic regression — increasingly shape and strain social cohesion within societies. This panel examines social cohesion under conditions of rapid global transformation, treating it not as a stable background condition but as a contested and dynamic outcome of political conflict, moral disagreement, and collective action. The contributions bring together perspectives on how international wars resonate within domestic contexts, how protest and institutional trust influence perceptions of cohesion, and how solidarity is challenged and rearticulated across social and generational divides. The panel further explores the climate crisis as a site of both conflict and cooperation, as well as resentment and emotional backlash in times of democratic discontent and accelerated change. Across different empirical contexts and theoretical approaches, the panel asks how social cohesion is undermined, defended, and politically shaped by civil society actors as well as domestic and international institutions in a world marked by overlapping crises.

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