Social capital arising from social networks based on trust has been traditionally seen as the property of adults from which the younger generation gain benefit. Far less attention has been given to the production of social capital among young people themselves, in making the transition from dependent child to independent adult. Through findings from research groups in Finland and England, this book fills the gap by examining how young people develop and use social capital in different contexts at school and outside, in cementing friendships, in developing identity, in smoothing the passage...

Through findings from research groups in Finland and England, this text examines how young people develop and use social capital in different contexts.

Course research contributes to policy, showing the effects of interaction of individual development & the socio-economic context. This book shows how policy innovation influenced development, ageing & well-being, differently in each generation, over half a century, & how those differences offer opportunities for research.