social capital foundations and some social policies in the eu社会资本基础和一些欧盟社会政策.pdfVIP

Sociology Mind 2012. Vol.2, No.4, 342-346 Published Online October 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/sm) /10.4236/sm.2012.24045 Social Capital: Foundations and Some Social Policies in the EU 1 1 2 Alfredo Rodríguez-Sedano , Ana Costa-Paris , Juan Carlos Aguilera 1Department of Education, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 2Faculty of Education, University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile Email: arsedano@unav.es, acosta@unav.es, jcaguilera@uandes.cl Received June 5th th th , 2012; revised July 11 , 2012; accepted July 25 , 2012 With this paper we want to show which three pillars are fundamental that lie within the social capital: trust, cooperation and the principle of general reciprocity. Some significant data about Abortion in the EU-27 and in the EU-15 awaken us to realize the existence of social phenomena’s that can undermine the social capital foundations and resent the people as well as the society, to the extent in which the social policies affect; trust, cooperation and the general principal of reciprocity. Finally, we suggest the promo- tion of public policies, the increase of public resources, as well as to launch campaigns to re-evaluate and rethink the personal and social importance of these foundations. We also see the necessity of avoiding the