The Path to Volunteering: Transmission of Human, Social and Cultural Capital in the Family

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 412 - 421, 30.12.2024

Zehra Zeynep Sadıkoğlu

Öz

Existing research on volunteering often categorises motives and functions, but also highlights the limitations of focusing on individual attitudes alone. Contextual factors such as systemic barriers and intergenerational transmission of human, social and cultural capital have a significant impact on the potential for volunteering. This study examines the role of families in promoting volunteering by investing in three types of a child's capital. It highlights the importance of formal education and extra-curricular activities that develop skills in the likelihood of volunteering, and shows how the growth of social capital in trust and relationships within the family fosters volunteering. It also points out how cultural capital, transmitted through direct encouragement and role modelling, reinforces the possibility of volunteering across generations. Finally, it shows that this transmission, where the warm and supportive relationship of the parent with the child has a moderating effect, contributes to participation and social cohesion in the wider society..

Anahtar Kelimeler

Family, Volunteering, Human Capital, Social Capital, Cultural Capital

Gönüllülüğe Giden Yol: Ailede Beşeri, Sosyal ve Kültürel Sermaye Aktarımı

Öz

Gönüllülük üzerine mevcut araştırmalar sıklıkla motif ve işlevleri kategorize etmekte, ancak bireysel tutumlara tek başına odaklanmanın sınırlılıklarını vurgulamaktadır. Sistemik engeller ve beşeri, sosyal ve kültürel sermayenin nesiller arası aktarımı gibi bağlamsal faktörler, gönüllülük potansiyeli üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu çalışma, bir çocuğun üç tür sermayesine yatırım yaparak gönüllülüğü teşvikinde ailenin rolünü incelemektedir. Becerileri geliştiren örgün eğitimin ve müfredat dışı faaliyetlerin gönüllü olma olasılığında önemini vurgulamakta, aile içi güven ve ilişkilerde sosyal sermayenin büyümesinin gönüllülüğü nasıl teşvik ettiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca doğrudan teşvik ve rol modelliği yoluyla aktarılan kültürel sermayenin nesiller arasında gönüllülük olasılığını pekiştirici yönüne işaret etmektedir. Nihayetinde ebeveynin çocukla sıcak ve destekleyici ilişkisinin yönlendirici bir etkiye sahip olduğu bu aktarımın daha geniş topluma katılım ve sosyal uyuma katkıda bulunduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Aile, Gönüllülük, Beşeri Sermaye, Sosyal Sermaye, Kültürel Sermaye

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