This article examines how the Catholic Church assisted the transition to democracy and consolidation of democratic civil society in Spain through a position of political neutrality. By abstaining from any active role in political parties, abandoning pretence of moral monopoly and embracing pluralism, it helped facilitate the establishment of civil society. Analytically, the path dependence mechanism, Huntington’s theory of democratization and the secularization of religion theory are used to explain the how the Spanish Catholic Church helped establish the bases of civil society in democratic Spain.
Se trata de establecer una definición del concepto de "red social". Las redes sociales gozan de una estructura y una morfología propias, cuyas cualidades, evidencian importantes aplicaciones para el análisis e interpretación de las conductas sociales. En este trabajo se muestran algunas de las muchas aplicaciones que permite esta vía de análisis.