A value for games with a coalition structure is introduced, where the rules guiding cooperation among the members of the same coalition are different from the interaction rules among coalitions. In particular, players inside a coalition exhibit a greater degree of solidarity than they are willing to use with players outside their coalition. The Shapley value is therefore used to compute the agg...

The paper discusses pro-nationalist authors (D. Miller, A. Oldenquist, M.Canovan) who claim that states formed around a particular ethno-cultural nation have been historically sucessful, in terms of economic success, justice, democracy and solidarity. It is argued that their claims fail: in typical and wellknown cases there is an inverse correlation between the strenght of nationalism and the s...

In a model where individuals with different levels of skills exert different levels of effort, we propose to use individuals’ minimal rights to divide an extra amount of income generated by a change in the skill profile. Priority is given to individuals with a positive minimal right which ensures that the way redistribution is performed depends on the total sum of income available in society. W...

Social interaction is fundamental to the development of various aspects of "we-ness". Previous research has focused on the role the content of interaction plays in establishing feelings of unity, belongingness and shared reality (a cluster of variables referred to as solidarity here). The present paper is less concerned with content, but focuses on the form of social interaction. We propose tha...

With growing diversity and increased media attention to inequality, it is likely that stigmatized-group members will have increased political influence on social issues affecting other stigmatized groups. When might members of different stigmatized groups see commonality in their experiences or disadvantaged status, and when might another stigmatized group be treated solely as an out-group? Thi...

The article covers the concept of solidarity economics developed by autogenous revolutionary struggles – potentias – in the Global South from the 1950s onwards. Theoretical placement and contextualisation of solidarity economics is critically discussed in the second section, followed by methodological and theoretical work on the concept in the third section. Findings and observations from field...

The key policy orientation underpinning these recommendations is that of SOCIAL SOLIDARITY. The fundamental concept for public policy aimed at addressing inequity and unfair access must be a public consensus about the degree of social solidarity required in financing health services; we believe this ought to mean social and political acceptance of the value that all citizens must receive equal ...