A look at the Seridó Geopark the light of development and social capital

Abstract

The social context is shaped by different interests and for this reason, the state needs to act in the intermediation of conflicts in order to rule the common good. It is through Public Policies that the State acts to harmonize conflicts. Regardless of the sector, there is a public policy to guide its actions, and so does Tourism. One of the ways to materialize the public policies are the projects, and the Serido Geopark can benefit. Thus, the objective of this work is to analyze the contribution of the Geopark to the strengthening of Serido Social Capital. In order to achieve this purpose, we used documentary and bibliographic research, to allow a reflection of the object studied, characterizing the qualitative bias. Thus, it was identified that the Serido social capital can be strengthened through the geopark, due to the stimulation of the participation of the social actors in the construction of the actions within the geopark, resulting in a civic maturation of these actors, the which will lead to the reverberation of participation in other spheres of Serido society, further consolidating its Social Capital.