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THE ROLE OF THE “THIRD SECTOR” IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL. A CASE-STUDY OF “THE RUSSIAN-POLISH INSTITUTE” // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2015. Issue 3 (9). P. 13-17

The aim of the following paper is to present the terms of social and human capital and their role in contem-porary societies. The paper consists of few parts. It starts with discussion about definitions of social and human capital and differences between both terms. The author states that the term of human capital is wider, but it cannot be considered without its social component. Then, it presents the role of non-government organizations (funds, associations) in the process of forming of social capital. The author argues, that social confidence, accountability and transparent political institutions, as well as democratic state, cannot exist without social capital and well developed “third sector”. In the last part of the paper the author presents a case of Wroclaw-based fund “The Russian-Polish Institute”, a non-government organization, established in 2011 by private persons from Poland and Russia, that focuses on preservation and popularization of Russian language and culture in Poland.

Keywords: social capital, non-commercial organizations, the Russian-Polish Institute, Russian language and culture