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The article sustains that the main conceptual contribution of social capital (SC) emerges from the important role that plays in collective action dilemma. If we understand this role, we get two conceptual advantages: on the one hand, it´s possible to introduce additional arguments to overcome the apparent inconvenience of holding cooperative interactions as prisoner´s dilemma shows. On the other hand, facing up SC´s criticisms, is feasible to argue that cooperation is a neutral dimension and can lean toward a “dark side” (i.e. organized crime) or to collective benefits with no negatives externalities. At the same time, there are some institutional contexts and some SC´s features that promote an incentive structure oriented to take the second route. To sustain this the article: (a) briefly analyses the main perspectives on SC in terms of cooperation; (b) establishes the problem of cooperation as a collective action dilemma; and then, (c) discusses the conditions that grant either a positive or a negative effect of SC., Italian Sociological Review, Vol 5, No 3 (2015)

ResumenEste artículo explora, en dos ciudades, la relación entre integración sociopolítica y bienestar subjetivo. Considera cuatro dimensiones de la integración: cohesión social; capital social; relación entre gobierno y ciudadanía; y calidad de vida. El resultado muestra que las formas de integración sociopolíticas afectan o modulan la asociación, internacionalmente asumida, de la felicidad con distintas variables. Eso significa que los contextos de las comunidades importan en la determinación del bienestar subjetivo. Son ellos los que explican la heterogeneidad del comportamiento o variabilidad de la felicidad. No obstante, hay asociaciones que se confirman más allá de los contextos específicos. AbstractThis article explores the relationship between sociopolitical integration and subjective well-being in two cities. Four dimensions of integration are considered: social cohesion, social capital, relationship between government and citizenship, and quality of life. The results show the forms of sociopolitical integration influence or modulate the association, internationally accepted, of happiness with different variables. That means that contexts of communities matter in determining subjective well-being. These contexts explain the heterogeneity of behavior or variability regarding happiness. However, there are associations that are confirmed beyond the specific contexts.

tesis que para obtener el grado de Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, presenta Citlalin Ulloa Pizarro ; tutor principal de tesis René Millán Valenzuela, Sara Gordon Rapoport, Fernando Castaños Zuno, Gina Zabludovsky Kuper, Hugo José Suárez Suárez162 páginasDoctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2012 Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales

152 páginasDoctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2012 Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales

For the first time in its history, the International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation migrated to a site outside of the United States. Thus the Eighteenth edition was hosted by the Mazatlán Research Unit of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología of the Mexican National Autonomous University (UNAM) in Mazatlán, Sinaloa (Mexico) where it was held from 3-7, March, 1998.Above all, our symposium is prominent for its dynamism and enthusiasm in bringing together specialists from the world´s sea turtle populations. In an effort to extend this philosophy, and fully aware of how fast the interest in sea turtles has grown, the organizers paid special attention to bring together as many people as possible. With the tremendous efforts of the Travel Committee and coupled with a special interest by the Latin American region´s devotees, we managed to get 653 participants from 43 countries. The number of presentations increased significantly too, reaching a total of 265 papers, ranging from cutting-edge scientific reports based on highly sophisticated methods, to the experiences and successes of community-based and environmental education programs.A priority given by this symposium was the support and encouragement for the construction of "bridges" across cultural and discipline barriers. We found success in achieving a multinational dialogue among interest groups- scientists, resource managers, decision makers, ngo's, private industry. There was a broad representation of the broad interests that stretch across these sectors, yet everyone was able to listen and offer their own best contribution towards the central theme of the Symposium: the conservation of sea turtles and the diversity of marine and coastal environments in which they develop throughtheir complicated and protracted life cycle. Our multidisciplinary approach is highly important at thepresent, finding ourselves at a cross roads of significant initiatives in the international arena of environmentallaw, where the conservation of sea turtles has a key role to play.Many, many people worked hard over the previous 12 months, to make the symposium a success. Our sincerest thanks to all of them: Program committee: Laura Sarti (chair), Ana Barragán, Rod Mast, Heather Kalb, Jim Spotilla, RichardReina, Sheryan Epperly, Anna Bass, Steve Morreale, Milani Chaloupka, Robert Van Dam, Lew Ehrhart, J. Nichols, David Godfrey, Larry Herbst, René Márquez, Jack Musick, Peter Dutton, Patricia Huerta, Arturo Juárez, Debora Garcia, Carlos Suárez, German Ramírez, Raquel Briseño, Alberto Abreu; Registration and Secretary: Jane Provancha (chair), Lupita Polanco; Informatics: Germán Ramírez, CarlosSuárez; Cover art: Blas Nayar; Designs: Germán Ramírez, Raquel Briseño, Alberto Abreu. Auction: Rod Mast; Workshops and special meetings: Selina Heppell; Student prizes: Anders Rhodin; Resolutions committee: Juan Carlos Cantú; Local organizing committee: Raquel Briseño, Jane Abreu; Posters: Daniel Ríos and Jeffrey Semminoff; Travel committee: Karen Eckert (chair), Marydele Donnelly, BrendanGodley, Annette Broderick, Jack Frazier; Student travel: Francisco Silva and J. Nichols; Vendors: Tom McFarland and J. Nichols; Volunteer coordination: Richard Byles; Latin American Reunión: Angeles Cruz Morelos; Nominations committee: Randall Arauz, Colleen Coogan, Laura Sarti, Donna Shaver, Frank Paladino. Once again, Ed Drane worked his usual magic with the Treasury of the SymposiumSignificant financial contributions were generously provided by government agencies. SEMARNAP (Mexico´s Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries) through its central office, the Mazatlán Regional Fisheries Research Center (CRIP-Mazatlán) and the National Center forEducation and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development (CECADESU) contributed to the logistics and covered the costs of auditoria and audiovisual equipment for the Symposium, teachers and their hotels for the Community Development and Environmental Education workshop in the 5th Latin American Sea Turtle Specialists; DIF (Dept of Family Affairs) provided free accomodation and food for the morethan 100 participants in the Latin American Reunion. In this Reunion, the British Council-Mexico sponsored the workshop on the Project Cycle. The National Chamber of the Fisheries Industry (CANAINPES) kindly sponsored the Symposium´s coffee breaks. Personnel from the local Navy (Octave Zona Naval) provided invaluable aid in transport and logistics. The Scientific Coordination Office from UNAM (CICUNAM) and the Latin American Biology Network (RELAB) also provided funding. Our most sincere recognition to all of them.In the name of this Symposium´s compilers, I would like to also express our gratitude to Wayne Witzell, Technical Editor for his guidance and insights and to Jack Frazier for his help in translating and correcting the English of contributions from some non-native English speakers. Many thanks to Angel Fiscal and Tere Martin who helped with the typing in the last, last corrections and editions for theseProceedings.To all, from around the world, who generously helped make the 18th Symposium a huge success, shared their experiences and listened to ours, our deepest gratitude! (PDF contains 316 pages)