In the article the old hypothesis that the citizens of former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe participate less than those in the West is tested. The differences in social capital and participation in neighbourhood improvement between the residents of two neighbourhoods, in Slovenia and the Netherlands are analysed.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 26530909In the article the research question posed is whether the factors influencing sense of neighbourhood are the same, regardless of the neighbourhood type. The neighbourhoods observed are a large post war neighbourhood, characterized by high-rise buildings and neighbourhood with individual houses. The research was done in two neighbourhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 27724381Neighbors have rarely an important role as support givers, however they can represent an important source of support for the elderly. In the paper the importance of neighbors in social support networks and relations in local community are analysed on the basis of a quantitative survey among Slovenians. This also brings to the fore the question whether today local community can be active in providing social support or is it just an arena where support is provided by other agents
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 28212317In the TV programme guests analysed neighbouring relations in Slovenia, urban space in modern times and cooperation of people at local levels, and conflicts that can arise.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 25983837The paper presents the situation of the elderly. Policies are analysed and attituted of people toward the elderly and changes in time on the basis of survey data (SJM and others). Who should care for the elderly - family, local community, state. Are they seen as burden to society, what are intergenerational conflicts? Data is represented on actual care for the elderly (social network analysis) and the role of community.
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