Political Homophily and Collaboration in Regional Planning Networks
Political Homophily and Collaboration in Regional Planning Networks
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DOI：
10.1111/ajps.12011
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Lubell, Mark
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作者：
Gerber, Elisabeth R.;Henry, Adam Douglas;Lubell, Mark
我们研究政治同质性的程度，即地方政府决定参与政府间合作的重要形式：区域规划网络时与政治上相似的其他人建立联系的倾向。利用最近对加州规划者和政府官员进行的一项调查的数据，我们提出并检验了有关导致地方政府在区域规划网络内进行合作的因素的假设。我们发现，与选民政治多元化的地方政府相比，选民在党派和投票行为方面政治上相似的地方政府更有可能在区域规划工作中相互合作。我们的结论是，政治同质性降低了与机构集体行动相关的交易成本，即使在我们预计政治考虑因素最少的情况下也是如此。
We study the extent of political homophilythe tendency to form connections with others who are politically similarin local governments' decisions to participate in an important form of intergovernmental collaboration: regional planning networks. Using data from a recent survey of California planners and government officials, we develop and test hypotheses about the factors that lead local governments to collaborate within regional planning networks. We find that local governments whose constituents are similar politically, in terms of partisanship and voting behavior, are more likely to collaborate with one another in regional planning efforts than those whose constituents are politically diverse. We conclude that political homophily reduces the transaction costs associated with institutional collective action, even in settings where we expect political considerations to be minimal.