The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks

Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of politics. Relationships of many types drive political institutions, processes, and decision-making. Therefore, it is imperative for the study of politics to include network approaches. Already, these approaches have advanced our understanding of critical questions, such as: Why do people vote? How can people build problem-solving coalitions? How can governments and organizations foster innovations? How can countries build ties that promote peace? What are the most fruitful strategies for disrupting arms or terrorist networks? This volume is designed as a foundational statement and resource. The contributions offer instruction on network theory and methods at both beginner and advanced levels, as well as an assessment of the state-of-the-discipline on a variety of applied network topics in politics. Through this dynamic collection of essays, The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks elucidates how the field is transforming and what that means for the future of political science.

Auteur

Jennifer Nicoll Victor is an associate professor of political science at Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. She has a BA in Political Science from University of California, San Diego, and an MA and PhD in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis. She is the co-author of Bridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the United States and the European Union (University of Michigan Press, 2013). She is a co-founding contributor to "Mischiefs of Faction" published on Vox.com, and formerly served in the US Senate as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. Alexander H. Montgomery is an associate professor of political science at Reed College. He has a B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago, an M.A. in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in sociology and a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. He has been a Residential Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Nuclear Security in the US Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) working for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Mark Lubell is a professor in the University of California, Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Science and Behavior. He is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist who studies cooperation problems in environmental policy using quantitative and qualitative methods. He received his PhD in political science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His current research topics include water management, environmental behavior, sustainable agriculture, and behavioral economics experiments in cooperation. Lubell has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and US Department of Agriculture, and publishes in political science, public administration, and environmental sciences journals.

Contenu

About the Editors Contributors Part 1: Network Theory and the Study of Politics 1. Introduction: The Emergence of the Study of Networks in Politics Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell 2. The Emergence of Organizations and States John F. Padgett 3. Power Structures of Policy Networks David Knoke and Tetiana Kostiuchenko 4. Political Networks and Computational Social Science David Lazer and Stefan Wojcik 5. Causal Inference in Political Networks Jon C. Rogowski and Betsy Sinclair 6. Network Theory and Political Science John W. Patty and Elizabeth Maggie Penn Part 2: Political Network Methodologies 7. Relational Concepts, Measurement, and Data Collection Justin H. Gross and Joshua M. Jansa 8. Statistical Inference in Political Networks Research Bruce A. Desmarais and Skyler J. Cranmer 9. Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models for Network Dynamics Tom A.B. Snijders and Mark Pickup 10. Latent Networks and Spatial Networks in Politics Cassy Dorff, Shahryar Minhas, and Michael D. Ward 11. Visualization of Political Networks Jürgen Pfeffer 12. Discourse Network Analysis: Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks Philip Leifeld 13. Semantic Networks and Applications in Public Opinion Research Sijia Yang and Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon Part 3: Networks and American Politics 14. Voting and Participation Meredith Rolfe and Stephanie Chan 15. Social Networks and Vote Choice Lauren Ratliff Santoro and Paul A. Beck 16. Political Parties and Campaign Finance Networks Paul S. Herrnson and Justin H. Kirkland 17. A Network Approach to Interest Group Politics Michael T. Heaney and James M. Strickland 18. No Disciplined Army: American Political Parties as Networks Gregory Koger, Seth Masket, and Hans Noel 19. Legislative Networks Nils Ringe, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, and Wendy Tam Cho 20. Judicial Networks Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Dino P. Christenson, and Claire Leavitt 21. Discussion Networks Scott D. McClurg, Casey A. Klofstad, and Anand Edward Sokhey Part 4: Networks in Public Policy and Public Administration 22. Local Government Networks Richard Feiock and Manoj Shrestha 23. Network Segregation and Policy Learning Adam Douglas Henry 24. Networks and European Union Politics Paul W. Thurner 25. Networks and the Politics of the Environment Ramiro Berardo, Isabella Alcañiz, Jennifer Hadden, and Lorien Jasny 26. Health Policy Networks Alexandra P. Joosse and H. Brinton Milward Part 5: Networks in International Relations 27. Terrorism Networks Arie Perliger 28. The International Trade Network: Empirics and Modeling Giorgio Fagiolo 29. Global Governance Networks Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni 30. Human Rights and Transnational Advocacy Networks Amanda Murdie and Marc Polizzi 31. Democracy and Cooperative Networks Zeev Maoz 32. Arms Supply and Proliferation Networks David Kinsella and Alexander H. Montgomery Part 6: Networks in Comparative Politics 33. Bringing Networks into Comparative Politics Armando Razo 34. Democratic Institutions and Political Networks David A. Siegel 35. Institutions and Policy Networks in Europe Manuel Fischer 36. Social Networks in the Brazilian Electorate Barry Ames, Andy Baker, and Amy Erica Smith 37. Comparative Climate Change Policy Networks Jeffrey Broadbent Part 7: What Can Political Science Learn from Other Disciplines? 38. What Can Political Science Learn from Business and Management? An Interview with Steven Borgatti 39. What Can Political Science Learn from Economics? An Interview with Matthew Jackson 40. What Can Political Science Learn from Sociology? An Interview with James Moody 41. What Can Political Science Learn from Mathematics? An Interview with Peter Mucha 42. What Can Political Science Learn from Computer Science? An Interview with Derek Ruths 43. What Can Political Science Learn from Statistics and Psychology? An Interview with Stanley Wasserman