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Abstract
By extending the analytical perspective of Durkheim, we set a theoretical framework to examine social bonds at two levels: the attachment of individuals to each other and the attachment of individuals to society. We create statistical indicators for comparing European countries and also, on an exploratory basis, the regions of Switzerland. We can distinguish and validate four ideal types of attachment regimes (familialist, voluntarist, organicist and universalist). Furthermore, our analysis shows national and regional specificities.

Intro -- Preface -- Indicators and Partial Orders - An Introduction -- Role of Indicators -- Partial Order Methodology -- Graph Theory -- Combinatorics -- Algebra -- Indicators and Theoretical Developments -- Indicators for Special Purposes -- Indicators in Social Sciences -- Software -- References -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Indicators and Theoretical Developments -- Some Basic Considerations on the Design and the Interpretation of Indicators in the Context of Modelling and Simulation -- 1 Indicators: In General, in Mathematics, in Modelling and Simulation -- 2 Functionality of Indicators -- 2.1 Typical Application Types for Indicators -- 2.1.1 Warnings -- 2.1.2 Decisions Between Alternatives -- 2.1.3 Optimization -- 2.1.4 Modelling Real Systems -- 2.2 Structural Alternatives for Indicators -- 2.2.1 Level 1: Observation and Transmission -- 2.2.2 Level 2: Judging -- 2.2.3 Level 3: Aggregation -- 2.2.4 Hierarchy of the Levels -- 2.3 Fitting Structural Alternatives to the Application Types -- 3 The Workflow for Building Indicators -- 4 The Structure of Complex Indicators with Sub-Indicators and Weightings -- 5 Complex Indicators as a Distinguished Valuation Model -- 6 Test and Validation of Indicator Models -- 7 Some Summary Remarks -- References -- -- Indicators in the Framework of Partial Order -- 1 Introduction: Indicators and Management of Complexity -- 2 Overview About Concepts in Partial Order Theory -- 2.1 Two Basic Approaches -- 2.2 Interplay: Indicators and Objects -- 2.3 Indicator Systems -- References -- Assessing Inhomogeneous Indicator-Related Typologies Through the Reverse Clustering Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Study with Its Narrow and Broader Motivations -- 3 On the Reverse Clustering -- 4 The Case Studied -- 5 The Outline of Results -- 6 Some Comments on the Relation to Indicator Dimension.