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Social capital and democracy in Mexico: the social limits of the political change Hernández Corrochano, David It is widely held that Mexican civil society is a fundamental factor in the shift towards democracy in Latin America, in spite of its articulation from a structurally unequal society. The purpose of this article is to analyze that paradox through the concept of social capital. I illustrate the mal-distribution of this resource and the rules that regulate it under a segregationist mentality. This mentality affects quotidian relationships as much as the bonds of the social-political system, which underlines how Mexican society is a frame of unequal relationships characterized by a restricted flow of social capital that limits the quality of political change. 2025-01-27T16:01:38Z 2025-01-27T16:01:38Z 2025-01-27T16:01:38Z 2005-09-02 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116392 1534-7605 10.1353/sof.2005.0093 eng Corrochano, David H. "Social Capital And Democracy In Mexico: The Social Limits Of Political Change." Social Forces, vol. 84 no. 1, 2005. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sof.2005.0093. open access Oxford University Press