Labra Maria Eliana
Departamento de Administração e Planejamento em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21041-210, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2002;18 Suppl:47-55. Epub 2003 Jan 21.
This article begins by discussing the concept of social capital and its applications and limitations. Second, it examines these theoretical contributions as approaches actually used by scholars to analyze the disenchantment with the fragile political institutions and citizens' apathy that emerged together with re-democratization processes in Latin America. Third, it focuses on the role of the Brazilian health councils, seeking insights from this vast and rich experience of popular mobilization and participation to shed light on the councils' contributions in fostering behaviors inherent to social capital, such as civic values and cooperation.
本文开篇讨论社会资本的概念及其应用与局限性。其次，审视这些理论贡献，它们是学者们实际用于分析与拉丁美洲重新民主化进程相伴而生的对脆弱政治体制的幻灭感以及公民冷漠情绪的方法。第三，聚焦巴西卫生委员会的作用，从这一广泛且丰富的民众动员与参与经验中探寻见解，以阐明这些委员会在培养社会资本固有行为（如公民价值观与合作）方面的贡献。
