Social integration, in
sociologySociology is the scientific or systematic study of human societies. It is a branch of social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, often with the goal of applying such...
and other
social sciencesThe social sciences are the fields of scientific knowledge and academic scholarship that study social groups and, more generally, human society. The social sciences initially were constituted of five fields: Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law; Education; Health; Economy and Trade; Art...
, is the movement of minority groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees and underprivileged sections of a
societySociety or human society is the manner or condition in which the members of a community live together for their mutual benefit. By extension, society denotes the people of a region or country, sometimes even the world, taken as a whole....
into the mainstream of society. Members of the minority groups thus gain full access to the opportunities, rights and services available to the members of the mainstream.
In sociology, social integration usually goes hand in hand with social solidarity.
The
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
has a Social Integration Branch, which is a part of the
Division for Social Policy and DevelopmentThe Division for Social Policy and Development is part of theDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat...
(Department of Economic and Social Affairs).
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Social integration, in
sociologySociology is the scientific or systematic study of human societies. It is a branch of social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, often with the goal of applying such...
and other
social sciencesThe social sciences are the fields of scientific knowledge and academic scholarship that study social groups and, more generally, human society. The social sciences initially were constituted of five fields: Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law; Education; Health; Economy and Trade; Art...
, is the movement of minority groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees and underprivileged sections of a
societySociety or human society is the manner or condition in which the members of a community live together for their mutual benefit. By extension, society denotes the people of a region or country, sometimes even the world, taken as a whole....
into the mainstream of society. Members of the minority groups thus gain full access to the opportunities, rights and services available to the members of the mainstream.
In sociology, social integration usually goes hand in hand with social solidarity.
The
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
has a Social Integration Branch, which is a part of the
Division for Social Policy and DevelopmentThe Division for Social Policy and Development is part of theDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat...
(Department of Economic and Social Affairs). It also issues a quarterly publication named
Bulletin on Social Integration Policies.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/sib/