Reflexivity and legitimization of social problems :: the case of the Network of Environmental Organizations of Zihuatanejo

The goal of this article is to analyze the particular features that present the reflexivity of the Network of Environmental Organizations of Zihuatanejo (Red de Organizacionez Ambientalistas de Zihuatanejo, ROGAZ) as a study case. In order to develop this topic two major concepts are articulated: that of reflexivity and that of social network, in an approach which allows analyzing the performance and features of the main ROGAZ, in the framework of the complexity that represents their capacity to take thoughtful awareness of the nature of their actions and the consequences of their actions on the organization itself, and also the definitions of the situations that function as frameworks of significance on which the collective actions are given meaning. As a research case the bases are established as a conception of the social reflexivity for the analysis of the ROGAZ, it also makes use of a diagram which searches the comprehension and to value its organization as a social network that participates in the protection of Zihuatanejo's harbour as a legitimated social problem, thus the human rights of many social fighters of the region.