ABSTRACT
Multicultural capital is the third form of capital, the presence of which is a precondition for good-neighbourly relations in multi-ethnic (or essentially multicultural) societies. Even if people of different ethno-cultural affiliation have available intercultural capital (1) and cross-cultural social capital (2), this is no guarantee for good neighbourliness unless the neighbours mutually respect and recognize as well as appreciate each other. Mutual respect, recognition and appreciation as multicultural capacities can be expressed at the interpersonal level, in face-to-face contact, and at the institutional level in the framework of declarations, laws or symbolic action. I have already previously discussed the interpersonal dimension so I now set the focus on mutual respect, recognition and appreciation actualized at the level of the state or the society as a whole.
