Ideology, Power, and the Structure of Policy Networks
Ideology, Power, and the Structure of Policy Networks
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00413.x
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Henry, Adam Douglas
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作者：
Henry, Adam Douglas
本文研究了权力和意识形态在内生性形成政策网络中的作用。根据倡导联盟框架（ACF），共享意识形态（概念化为政策相关信念和价值观的系统）是政策子系统内协作的主要驱动力。另一方面，资源依赖理论认为，权力寻求是网络结构背后的一个重要原理，而协作关系主要是在感知影响力的基础上形成的。基于加州五个区域规划子系统 (N = 506) 的政策网络调查数据，使用自我中心网络相关性的新方法对假设进行了检验。结果表明，意识形态是网络凝聚力背后的重要力量：政策精英不仅系统地避免与意识形态不同的行为者建立联系，而且在具有共同信仰的行为者之间也系统地形成了合作关系。权力寻求并不在网络范围内运作，但可能会推动意识形态相似的代理人联盟之间的网络形成。
This article investigates the role of power and ideology in the endogenous formation of policy networks. According to the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), shared ideology (conceptualized as a system of policy-relevant beliefs and values) is the primary driver of collaboration within policy subsystems. On the other hand, Resource Dependency Theory suggests that power-seeking is an important rationale behind network structure, and that collaborative ties are formed primarily on the basis of perceived influence. Hypotheses are tested using a new method of egocentric network correlation, based on survey data of policy networks in five regional planning subsystems in California (N = 506). Results suggest that ideology is an important force behind network cohesion: Not only do policy elites systematically avoid networking with ideologically dissimilar actors but collaborative ties are also systematically formed among actors with shared beliefs. Power-seeking does not operate on a network-wide scale but may drive network formation among coalitions of ideologically similar agents.