Conflictos sociales, violencia y vulnerabilidad. El caso de Oaxaca

The article analyzes the vulnerability asso - ciated with social conflicts, taking as a case the state of Oaxaca. The reported data indicate the importance of institutional contexts in the configuration of a feedback loop between conflict and social vulne - rability, and are of analytical relevance in studies on human well-being. The data also contribute to the clarification and concep - tual expansion of vulnerability, recovering its semantic link with risk and with the response capacity of populations. These results are socially relevant at a time when the indicators of conflict and violence are on rise in different regions of the country. The study used a mixed method that combined the content analysis of just over three thou - sand newspaper and official sources, and a network analysis.