Capital social: una aproximación al desarrollo en la asociación comunitaria Hilarte

Abstract

The present study focuses on exploring how Social Capital (CS) works in Ecuadorian civil society organizations (CSOs) and their main objective is to describe the characteristics of personal relationships and linkage strategies, standards of Trust and cooperation of the Community Association Hilarte (ACH) on its processes of development and accumulation of Social Capital, which has allowed them to support their institutional proposal. The development of this research was worked under the case study method in order to explore how this social capital has influenced the ACH, also a qualitative study was applied with a descriptive exploratory scope, where they were carried out Semi-structured interviews with previously planned questions and surveys made to a sample of 20 people chosen for convenience. The analysis of the data was made on the basis of four dimensions; Trust, civic engagement, networking and personal relationships. In addition to the triangulation of data to validate the information obtained. Through the analysis, it was identified that the Foundation has the support of several public and private institutions to complement their services, as well as providing inputs that allow the organization to fulfill its mission, ensuring the sustainability of Hilarte.