Crisis y refuncionalización de las redes de reciprocidad familiares: el caso de sectores medios en la Ciudad de México

Abstract

Some of the strategies with which families have been able to adapt to contexts characterised by work scarcity and an unfavourable economical environment came up as a result of their successful participation on a nucleus of intra -and extra- family networks of solidarity. This provided them with an important exchange of resources and favours that helped them to face their needs. However, given that the last few years have been characterised by work uncertainty, the loss of purchasing power of the income, and in general, the lack of dynamism in some variables of the national economy, it is important to analyse if families are still able to participate in a networks that allow for social exchange, reciprocity and mutual help. The analysis of the latter is the aim of this work.

Keywords

• family network
• economical crisis
• middle sector
• unemployment
• reciprocity