Agency and social networks: strategies of action in a social structure of position, opposition, and opportunity.

This study uses social movement concepts to explain the success and failure of actors in a network of relationships trying to influence policies on environmental issues in a small city. Results show that strategies to take action and mobilize others in a network of interorganizational relationships...

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Publicado en:Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 651 - 679
Autores principales: Stevenson, William B., Greenberg, Danna
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Administrative Science Quarterly December 2000
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        Social networks
        Agency theory
        Environmentalism
        Decision making in environmental policy
        Interorganizational relations
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      ab: This study uses social movement concepts to explain the success and failure of actors in a network of relationships trying to influence policies on environmental issues in a small city. Results show that strategies to take action and mobilize others in a network of interorganizational relationships can vary depending on the social context, which consists of the political opportunity structure defined by government regulators, whether the actor faces opposition, and the actor's position in the network. Decisions to engage in strategies to try to influence government regulators directly, to use a broker to reach agreements with the opposition, or to form a coalition with actors in other organizations to influence government decision makers are affected by this social context. Results also show that even peripheral actors, usually assumed to be powerless in network studies, can influence policy if they use a direct-contact strategy and the political opportunity structure is favorable. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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