QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL IN CITIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
The quality of life has long been amongst the most popular problems discussed on the ground of many social sciences. It is also the category increasingly used as one of the main elements of evaluation and comparison among countries, regions and cities. The study of life satisfaction is one of the main elements of the assessment of subjective quality of life. Analysis of the relationship between life satisfaction and categories such as bonds and social relationships, participation and trust indicate the priority of these variables on economic factors. The purpose of this article is to present the role of social capital in shaping the subjective quality of life. A main element is to analysis the issues discussed the relationship between life satisfaction and the forms of social capital of post-industrial cities residents located in Poland, Russia, Turkey, Lithuania and Hungary. The interest has focused on the similarities and differences that exist between cities in relation to the issues presented.