Those Decent Fellows!
Social Capital and Young Adult Volunteers
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Publication date: 2008-12-30
Polish Sociological Review 2008;164(4):383-400
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ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this essay is to determine whether organized voluntary activity is always
equated with social capital by evaluating the results of the research work entitled “YoungAdults, the Family
and Pro-social Behavior: A Study of the Organized Volunteer.” The author also reflects on whether or not
the young adults who voluntarily do such work are good fellows outside of that context (for example in their
family life) and outside of the narrow sphere of their professional commitments (for example in society at
large). For this reason, the author’s analysis is not confined to the voluntary activities of the young people
but seeks to explore other dimensions of the issue. For the author, the research objectives of this paper can
be achieved only by examining the familial, friendly and romantic relationships of the young people, along
with their values and moral viewpoints.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my peer reviewers for their many helpful comments