Politizando o conceito de redes organizacionais: uma reflexão teórica da governança como jogo de poder

This paper presents a theoretical reflection on the political dimension of the networks. It tried to analyze this format organization, privileging the political dimension of the relationships inter-organizational based on some concepts formulated by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The theoretical evidences revealed that such perspective can offer an alternative understanding to the concepts which don’t put the idea about networks in political terms, considering cooperation and trust as driving forces which explains entirely the connections among the organizations. Considering the networks as a social field, this article enlarges the idea on governance. It takes into consideration not only the structural and objective aspects, but also emphasizes the subjective dimension that permeates the relations among the agents.