Bezpieczeństwo ludzi starych w kontekście badań nad kapitałem społecznym na przykładzie mieszkańców Białegostoku

The safety of elderly people in the context of social capital research - Bialystok residents example

Andrzej Klimczuk ()

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Abstract: Polish society gathers features specific to „late modernity” period. In this period grows up the meaning of organizational forms, flow of information, trust to other people and complicated technical systems, uncertainty, taking a risk as well as progressive economic, political and cultural globalization. One of threats and challenges is the process of population ageing. The article attempt to recognition of specific safety problems of old men's in Białystok. Safety is treated as necessary condition for far more researches on practical solutions connected with the professional activity of seniors and growth of their social participation. Assurance of seniors safety can lead to lowering costs of their maintenance as well as the formation of positive attitudes towards old age and cultural openness. The work brings closer connections between safety and social capital topics as well as chosen empirical analyses.

Keywords: Trust; Occupational Health & Safety; Social Capital; Aging; Risk; Sociology of Ageing; Elderly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 Z13 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Published in Zagrożenia w starości i na jej przedpolu (2010): pp. 75-90

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