Journal Articles

Belief Systems and Social Capital as Drivers of Policy Network Structure : The Case of California Regional Planning

---

This article uses exponential random graph models to investigate the roles of policy-relevant beliefs and social capital as drivers of network structure. The advocacy coalition framework argues that actors with similar policy beliefs are more likely to form coalitions, leading to policy subsystems fragmented into ideological groups. Social capital is defined as trust and norms of reciprocity, which helps cement cooperative relationships. Hypotheses are tested using survey data of policy elites involved in land-use and transportation planning in four regions of California. The findings suggest that coalitions of actors with similar belief systems are knit together by policy brokers seeking to build transitive social relationships.

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Call Number

-

Publisher

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press., 2011

Collation

-

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

10531858

Classification

-

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

Vol. 21, Number 3, July 2011.pp. 419-444

Subject(s)

Belief systems and social capital

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment