Social capital of young people: experience of the sociological analysis

Young people should be seen as a reserve of the social organism, which comes to the fore when there is a need to revitalize and adapt to changing circumstances. The specifics of the situation of young people in the social structure of modern society and its roles in it form the search task for the study of social capital that a given socio-demographic group has. The article aims to analyze the level of trust formed in the youth environment on the basis of the concept of social capital. The author reveals its regulatory role in the formation of an attitude that orients toward the willingness to unite. During the youth of an individual the stock of social capital is formed, with which the individuals move to different socio-demographic groups. For analyzing the state of interpersonal trust the characteristic such as the radius of trust is very important, it is a collection of individuals whom the individual trusts. It is revealed that in the youth environment the radius of trust can be defined as restricted, which orients young people to interact only with their inner circle...