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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:

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Research data: SOCIAL COHESION

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2013 The 'state' of social cohesion: re-stating the question of social cohesion and 'nationbuilding'

This chapter's engagement with the state's discourse around social cohesion is informed by a concern with the way in which knowledge produce...

2013 Interrogating social cohesion: the South African case

It will be argued in this chapter that the current South African government's policy focus on the question of social cohesion is driven by a...

2012 'A better life for all', social cohesion and the governance of life in post-apartheid South Africa

Against the background of rising levels of anxiety around the state of the social fabric in South African society, this paper explores the d...