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Policy Networks: History

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Synonyms

Collective decision-making and social networks; Influence networks; Interest alignment; Policy networks; Power networks

Glossary

(Voting) Power:

The ability of authorities to codetermine collective decisions based on institutionally determined voting weights and the voting rules

Collective decision:

A binding ruling for the system

Enforcement process:

Shifts of voting position under pressure from a more powerful actor or coalition

Hierarchical/power networks:

Networks based on institutionally determined rights

Influence:

The ability of actors to have their interests reflected in collective decisions, strongly determined by direct or indirect access to authorities and by resources they can mobilize, resources to persuade authorities or to force them to take certain interests into account

Issue salience:

How strongly the outcome on an issue affects important goals of an actor

Issue:

A one-dimensional scale of possible outcomes on a controversial element in the collective decision

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  1. Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, 9712 TG, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Frans N. Stokman

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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Stokman, F.N. (2018). Policy Networks: History. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_85

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