Natural management of social capital, is it an economic alternative for vulnerability of the middle class in Monterrey Nuevo León, México?

Although there is an important middle class in Mexico, its members are primarily citizens who live just above the poverty line, and are vulnerable to at least one type of social deprivation, in addition to low incomes. Given that it is impossible for this population to reach higher income levels in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Leal Iga, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/12152
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/12152
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:social capital
middle Class
vulnerability
Estate
capital social
clase media
vulnerabilidad
Estado
classe média
vulnerabilidade
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Sumario:Although there is an important middle class in Mexico, its members are primarily citizens who live just above the poverty line, and are vulnerable to at least one type of social deprivation, in addition to low incomes. Given that it is impossible for this population to reach higher income levels in the country, this investigation focused on the study of the natural management of social capital as an alternative for the middle class to achieve partial substitution of the benefits people could obtain from the economic capital that it lacks.