Sumario: | The article presents a chronological route from the 90s to 2015, highlighting the main exponents of social capital and the different methodologies developed to approximate its measurement, as a contribution to know the factors that determine its development to know the fundamental aspects of study in the interest groups that are affected by economic, social, cultural, political and / or environmental phenomena. The indicators, proxies variables and primary and secondary sources of information used to measure social capital are highlighted. It is concluded that there is no technique for measuring consolidated social capital, and that the methodology varies according to the objective of the research, conceptualization, interest group and available information.
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