Similar or different? Social position and identity of youth in Central and Eastern Europe
Similar or different? Social position and identity of youth in Central and Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to confront the theory of cultural capital and social capital social reality in cross-border regions of three countries: Polish, Hungary and Ukraine, with particular emphasis on the role played by youth in these societies. This confrontation will include both theoretical reflection on the nature, focusing on the problem of the application of the theory of cultural and social capital to describe societies of Central and Eastern Europe, and also the results of empirical studies carried out among the students of secondary school in Poland, Hungary and Ukraine. The specific objective of the article is to analyse the concept of cultural capital and social capital as a factor of identity and social position and political youth Poland, Hungary and Ukraine, for example, the youngest generation.

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