Todd Pittinsky
This project proposes to research, analyze, and review democratic governments’ most innovative programs for social cohesion. Seeking to establish benchmarks and expose best practices of social cohesion programs, the author will create a scholarly research manuscript that illustrates innovative and successful examples of social cohesion programs throughout the world. Specifically, this project will: 1) represent government programs operating in wide range of sectors, social groups, and political situations; 2) examine, through a social scientific perspective on intergroup relations, the underlying mechanisms of each program; 3) provide a typology for successful and innovative government social cohesion programs; and 4) set the stage for a first-of-its-kind collaborative conference for social cohesion program leaders.