Zwischen Prestigeamt und alltäglicher Unterstützungsleistung. Ehrenamtliches Engagement in der Weiterbildung

Between prestigious office and everyday support. Voluntary commitment in continuing education When people engage in voluntary work in the field of continuing education on behalf of an institution, this is often because organisations believe they can obtain social capital in this manner. These persons then operate as organisers or in development associations. The focus of the author, however, is on those people who voluntarily provide support but often remain invisible _ referred to in the literature as fuzzy volunteers. The potential they have to offer is of special significance in the field of continuing education. They are often not conferred the honour and recognition they deserve, concludes the author, who views practice in the field of continuing education fr om the Bourdieuian perspective of symbolic capital.