Resumen

GUERRA SOTILLO, Alexei. Estado, economía informal y sociedad civil: una aproximación conceptual desde la teoría de redes. Convergencia [online]. 2006, vol.13, n.41, pp.145-171. ISSN 2448-5799.

The present paper, based on the theory of networks' analysis, and methodologically sustained on the lecture of academic related literature, is an attempt to develop the thesis to describe how civil society and informal economy represent complex forces or movements in the social network, coming into and drifsting apart from the State and the management of the public sphere. The interaction of these three fields shows a new and contradictory trend on this relationship that makes complex both, the economical development and the political direction's democratization. In the global stage, the State's coordination rol has been reduced due to the crisis of the Welfare State, new actors, functions and demands of emerging actors, which makes relevant the study of the informal and civic networks, as well as the public and modern management challenges.

Palabras llave : State; informal economy; civil society; networks.