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RODRIGUEZ DOMINGUEZ, Emanuel. Campo político, capital social y participación: un análisis de sus diversos posicionamientos en el debate del desarrollo. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.13, pp.8-36. ISSN 1870-4115.

This article proposes a critical revision of the concept of social capital within the development debates in order to reassess its methodological usefulness in the analysis of political action. Based on a conceptual review of different theoretical approaches defining this category, it is concluded that development-related research in recent years has promoted a «neutral» vision of social capital that ponders the positive elements that individual shave by belonging to various social grids. The article shows why the development debates lack a theoretical level with which to analyze and diagnose the negative aspects that the production and reproduction of capital social may have among the actors in the political arena.

Palavras-chave : social capital; social networks; politics; social participation; power relations; Robert Putnam; Pierre Bourdieu.