Potential resources of a Russian family in the social capital formation of the future generations

The crisis situation experienced by the Russian society stimulates the search for new sources of development. Both scientists and practitioners are beginning to recognize social capital as one of them. The discourse of the social capital defines the vision of horizontal structures forming and supporting social capital, which includes family. This concept has a significant heuristic potential, which makes it possible to analyze the social resources available in the society, including family resources. The theoretical model of studying the family’s resource potential is laid by the founders of the concept - J. Coleman and P. Bourdieu. A family - a basic institutional unit of the modern society - is considered as a social center of social capital formation of the society and the individual. According to the researchers, a modern family is pressured by a variety of factors leading to the destruction of family structures, which has a negative impact on the social capital. In this regard, the study of the resource potential of a modern Russian family in the social capital formation of future generations is of interest...