ROLA ORGANIZACJI POZARZĄDOWYCH W BUDOWANIU KAPITAŁU SPOŁECZNEGO – UJĘCIE TEORETYCZNE
THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL – THEORETICAL APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: Literature increasingly emphasizes the role of NGOs in building social capital, it also distinguishes between different forms of social capital, depending on whether created networks are dense and within homogeneous groups (bonding social capital) or less dense and between heterogeneous groups (bridging social capital). Studies have shown that voluntary organizations have different functions in different societies from their adversarial and advocacy role to supplement what other sectors are notable to provide. However, parrarely changes the nature of the activities of their members from more collective to more individualistic, organizations are also differentiated by which system there are in and by the characteristics of their members, ie. gender and the culture of origin.

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