Razvojni potencial socialnega kapitala: Slovenija v evropskem kontekstu
Developmental Potential of Social Capital: Slovenia in the European Context

Summary/Abstract: The authors are analysing the role of socio-cultural factors of developmental performance. On the basis of their analysis they put forward a thesis that insufficient level of social capital, i.e. generalised trust, co-operation and self-organisation, which has negative impact on their potential for the establishment of project- and associational types of organisation, as well as the creation of intermediary structures, is one of the key problems regarding future developmental performances of Slovenia. This impact is especially evident in those components that demand intensive communication and special (often unconventional) solutions on the basis of spontaneous sociability. According to some indicators from the European Values Study it seems that the situation in Slovenia has improved, but we don’t know if accumulated social capital is really circulating and being utilised, especially if the data about the low level of trust are taken into consideration.

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