Family, networks and power in Guardia de Luján

Abstract

The family roots and social network are the factors, the emphasis in this research to address the issue of the building of the Justice of Peace in the Buenos Aires province. From the violent episode that led to the displacement of a Magistrate will investigate the relational capital of the Judges and their families to show that the Justice of Peace organization used existing networks, which are rooted in colonial times, realizing that continuities prevailed rather than breaks in traffic colonial independent state. In addition, it will be perceived in the political behavior of this community, the weight of the dense web that was built through marriage and linked to most of the residents of the Guard Luján.