Social cohesion means different things to Clark and Luxon, both flawed

Social cohesion means different things to Clark and Luxon, both flawed

Comment: The language we use to make sense of social worlds is invariably couched in metaphor. So too are the terms we use to guide our efforts to make better worlds – words such as development, growth and wellbeing. Yet metaphor is rarely innocent and can shroud things in political debate – as does the term ‘social cohesion’. Both Helen Clark and Christopher Luxon have turned to the metaphor of social cohesion to make different arguments about …