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## Diversity and Social Cohesion
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#### Diversity and immigration don’t hurt social cohesion ([from Mouthy Infidel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTqctWuiqMJBehe1BH0JKtg))
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* [Meer & Tolsma 14](https://sci-hub.tw/https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043309#article-denial)
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* **Enormous meta-analysis of 90 cross-sectional studies analyzing relationship between diversity & social cohesion.**
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* Vast majority of studies on the subject **fail to prove the relationship** between two variables.
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* In fact, study finds **positive relationships** between **inter-ethnic contact & trust** in ethnically heterogeneous communities.
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* **Only contrary data** shows **small-scale (intra-neighborhood) trust suffers** with ethnic heterogeneity in **some circumstances,** and even then **only in America**.
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* Plurality of data **does not support - and largely contradicts -** assertion that diversity hurts social cohesion.
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* [Glaeser et al. 2k](https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/laibson/files/measuring_trust.pdf)
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* Study which tested around **200 students in a trust based experiment** and compared results from **diverse groups and homogenous** groups .
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* Finds **no statistically significant negative relationship** between **diversity and social cohesion.**
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* [Nai et al. 18](https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6358&context=lkcsb_research)
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* Study examining a **range of experiments** meant to gauge the relationship **between diversity and social cohesion.**
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* Study finds **all of the experiments** found a **positive relationship between diversity and social cohesion.**
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* **Proposed mechanism** is that **diversity** causes people to **identify more broadly with humanity, increasing sociability.**
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* [Williamson 08](http://www.fisherwilliamson.com/downloads/MPSA040508.FINAL2.pdf)
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* Longitudinal study comparing the **change in social cohesion over time** in an area which **experienced a large increase in diversity** with a **comparative control which didn’t.**
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* The two areas **did not differ significantly** in how their levels of **social cohesion changed over time**, suggesting the increased level of diversity had **no statistically significant impact on social cohesion.**
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* [Ziller 14](https://sci-hub.tw/https://academic.oup.com/sf/article-abstract/93/3/1211/2332107?redirectedFrom=fulltext)
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* Another longitudinal study analyzing **changes in trust in 22 European countries** between the years **2002 and 2010**.
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* Study suggests **immigration often leads to decrease in social trust**, but results were **heavily affected by ethnic polarization & economic stability**.
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* With low polarization and a good economy, immigration was shown to actually **increase social trust**.
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* Results suggest **it isn’t the diversity of immigrants** which lessens trust, but rather the **economic and political context in which they arrive.**
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