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One of all the others: a life course study of scouts, social capital, and stratification in the Swedish 'Folkhem'
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Social Sciences, Institute for Civil Society Research.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6158-3279
2017 (English)In: Journal of Civil Society, ISSN 1744-8689, E-ISSN 1744-8697, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 71-89Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This longitudinal study shows that scouts have higher incomes than others 14 years after their participation when controlling for social background, sex, and individual cognitive tests. But scouting has no significant effects on future criminality. Social exclusion and criminal behaviour are so marginal that they require more specific types of explanations. The results can be interpreted as signs that taking part in scouts significantly contributes as a step in the social pathway to the upper classes of society. By supporting scouting, the welfare state seems not to prevent problem behaviour but runs the risk of contributing to social stratification.

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2017. Vol. 13, no 1, p. 71-89
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Social capital, Stratification, Class, Scouts, Life course, Associations
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-5776DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2017.1287843ISI: 000396737400005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-5776DiVA, id: diva2:1073833
Available from: 2017-02-13 Created: 2017-02-13 Last updated: 2021-02-25Bibliographically approved

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