The Political Process and Discourse of Social Cohesion in Western Europe

本研究阐明了20世纪90年代以来西欧社会凝聚力政策话语的特征及其与政治进程的关系。对来自英国和欧洲超国家组织的案例的研究表明，在这一时期，西欧所有三个层面的政策话语——地方、国家和超国家——尽管在内容和政治过程上存在差异，但同样加强了对个人而不是群体作为融入国家社会的单位的强调。

This research elucidates the characteristics of the policy discourse over social cohesion in Western Europe since 1990s in its relations with the political process underneath. Examinations of the cases from the UK and supranational organisations in Europe have revealed that, during this period, policy discourses in Western Europe at all three- local, national and supranational - levels have, despite their differences in contents and in the political process, similarly strengthened their emphasis on the individual rather than group as the unit of inclusion into national society.