Using Social Network Analysis to Understand the Perceived Role and Influence of Foundations

Ely, Todd L.; Edwards, Katie; Graham, Rachel Hogg; Varda, Danielle M.

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“…For example, multiple sources are used to triangulate membership in a governance networks approach, an EGF approach, an SEN approach, and a networks of networks approach. Other approaches, such as the PARTNER tool heavily rely on known network members to self-define what it means to be a network member [47].…”

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“…This could create challenges in defining what the resulting "network" actually represents if different decision rules are applied in a non-systematic fashion. For example, Ely et al [47] used a well-known organization to develop an initial list of network members and then collected feedback from those members to refine and bind the network member list further. Ultimately, however, the bounding decisions and approaches in the PARTNER methodology are up to the individual researcher [46].…”

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“…It is unclear whether PARTNER offers any specific insight as to how to deal with geographic space in terms of bounding the network; the PARTNER literature typically refers to a community or state in terms of geographic boundaries; however, the tool can be used to collect information about where organizations are operating, and this data can then be overlaid on mapping software such as geographic information systems (GIS) [11,45,47,48]. PARTNER also has the capability to capture changes over time by implementing the survey over several periods.…”

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Institutional Approaches for Studying System-Oriented Networks

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Institutional, policy, and management scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in leveraging network perspectives, methods, and data to understand complex social phenomena, including the various stages of the policy process, community mobilization, and coupled natural and human systems. Viewing these phenomena through the lens of system-oriented networks can be valuable for understanding and intervening within complex policy arenas. However, currently, there is no clear consensus on who and what constitutes a relevant actor in a system-oriented network. Furthermore, numerous conceptual and methodological traditions for conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing system-oriented networks have arisen, and each is linked to different disciplinary traditions. In this paper, we showcase six approaches from the public policy and public management literature for conceptualizing and analyzing system-oriented networks. We offer a conceptual framework for characterizing different approaches which considers differences in their focal system of interest, analytical focus, theoretical orientation, and approach for determining network boundaries. We review these elements with an eye toward helping scholars and practitioners interested in system-oriented networks to make informed decisions about the array of available approaches.

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