Fomenting Friendship

The Politics and Policy of Interpersonal Warmth
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-03959-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

In studies of comparative politics and public policy specifically, interpersonal friendship has been generally regarded as a matter that belongs to the private domain, rather than a site for government intervention. And yet, friendship is inherently political. While friendships can and do evolve spontaneously between individuals, political factors can help to bring people together or drive them apart.

Fomenting Friendship examines the ways in which friendship has been perceived in comparative politics, and the barriers to friendship that exist in capitalist society. These barriers, Andrea Chandler contends, have been shaped by government policy. Reviewing the abundant evidence that shows that access to friendship is socially determined, and that a lack of access to friendship disadvantages the individual in numerous ways, Chandler effectively makes the case that government has a role to play in encouraging interpersonal friendship, including calling upon politicians to model friendly and inclusive behaviour in public.

This book is a natural resource for all those looking for answers and best policy practices for encouraging friendship and uncovering unanswered questions about friendship.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Funding for the Open Access has been provided by the Department of Political Science, Carleton University.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chandler, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.  Chapter 1. Friendship and Comparative Politics  Chapter 2. The Benefits of Friendship for Political Society  Chapter 3. Hierarchies of Friendship and Exclusion  Chapter 4. Systemic Causes of the Erosion of Friendship  Chapter 5. How to Foment Friendship

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Chandler is Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada where she teaches courses in comparative politics, democracy, and politics of Russia and Eastern Europe. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and books, including Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945–1991: Meeting in the Middle (2024) and Democracy, Gender and Social Policy in Russia: A Wayward Society (2013).