Huriy B. The formation of social capital in modern youth NGOs of Ukraine.

Object of study: social capital of members of contemporary youth NGOs. Purpose of study: to find out factors, affecting the process of social capital formation in contemporary youth Ukrainian NGOs. Methods of study: analysis and synthesis, system and structural analysis, generalization and comparison, typologization, quantitative internet-survey, qualitative semi-structured in-depth interviews, secondary analysis of sociological data and statistical information. Theoretical and practical results: the author developed a conceptual scheme of social capital analysis on macro, meso and micro levels; she also suggested her own definition of "social capital of an NGO" concept; developed typology of professional career strategies of members of youth NGOs, affected by the social capital, acquired in these NGOs. Novelty of study: conceptualization of the process of social capital formation in youth NGOs. Implementation: results of the thesis allowed to implement organizational and technological innovations of the author into the structure and activity of youth NGO "Institute of social capital studies"; separate provisions have been used during development and teaching by the author of the discipline "Theory of information society" for students of "Sociology" in Lviv Polytechnic National University".