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Welfare and Values in Europe: From Research to Practice of Social Cohesion

This special section of Beliefs and Values explores welfare and values in Europe, particularly the findings of Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions Related to Religion, Minorities, and Gender (WaVE) (study conducted from 2006 to 2009). The article’s aim is three-fold: 1) to put the WaVE project in the context of European welfare changes and dilemmas, with a focus on introducing the realities and theories of social cohesion in the current transformation of Europe ; 2) to examine core policy recommendations formulated on the basis of WaVE studies ; and 3) to point out certain future directions of European social cohesion on the basis of policy recommendations linked to current discussion. This article will also briefly introduce the other WaVE articles of this issue.

European Union; values; policies; multiculturalism; social cohesion; minorities

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