Political Networks Paper Archive
Welcome to the Political Networks (PN) paper archive. This archive is intended for use by members of the PN community as a mechanism for sharing papers and ideas that are in progress. For the time being, we request that you only submit papers that have not yet been published. More information on submission
In order to submit a paper, you must open an OpenSIUC account by providing a minimal amount of information via the account link above. Once you've done that and been approved, you will be able to submit papers to the archive by clicking on the "Submit Research" links on the left-hand side navigation bar. Questions or concerns should be directed to the archive administrator, Scott McClurg mcclurg@siu.edu.
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Research from 2013
Second Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate, Jennifer N. Victor, Kristen Coopie Allen, Ian Palmer Cook, and Zacharcy Auter
Multiplex Legislative Networks and the Power of Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization, Jennifer N. Victor, Nils Ringe, and Stephen Haptonstahl
Research from 2012
Measuring Mutual Dependence Between State Repressive Actions, Christopher J. Fariss and Keith E. Schnakenberg
Multiplex Networks and Interest Group Influence Reputation: An Exponential Random Graph Model, Michael T. Heaney
Coalition Portfolios and Interest Group Influence over the Policy Process, Michael T. Heaney and Geoff M. Lorenz
Network Coevolution and Democracy: A Spatial Econometric Approach, Aya Kachi
Gender, Social Networks, and Voting Behavior, Scott D. McClurg, Michelle L. Wade, and Maja V. Wright-Phillips
Research from 2011
Cycles in Policy Network Structure and Policy Adoption-Implementation Processes: The Importance of Alignment, Gwen Arnold
Mapping the Political Twitterverse: Finding Connections Between Political Elites, Leticia Bode, Alexander Hanna, Ben Sayre, JungHwan Yang, and Dhavan V. Shah
Military Leadership, Service Networks, and Priorities in Military Spending, Michael E. Flynn
Disagreeing About Disagreement: How Conflict in Social Networks Affects Political Behavior, Casey A. Klofstad, Anand Sokhey, and Scott D. McClurg
Bias in Social and Mainstream Media, Yu-Ru Lin, David Lazer, and James P. Bagrow
Examining Mechanims of Political Disagreement, Scott D. McClurg, Anand Sokhey, and J. Drew Seib
Analyzing Democratization with a Social Network Approach, Steffen Mohrenberg
Living Together and Voting Together: The Impact of Congressional Boardinghouse Networks on Voting Patterns, 1825-1841, Paolo Parigi and Patrick Bergemann
Social Networks in Comparative Perspective, David A. Siegel
Research from 2010
POLITICAL BELIEF NETWORKS: Socio-Cognitive Heterogeneity in American Public Opinion, Delia Baldassarri and Amir Goldberg
Networking Networkers: An Initial Exploration of the Patterns of Collaboration among the Members of a New Community in Political Science, Ramiro Berardo
The Political Consequences of Gender in Social Networks, Paul Djupe, Scott D. McClurg, and Anand Sokhey
Modeling History Dependence in Network-Behavior Coevolution, Robert J. Franzese Jr., Jude Hays, and Aya Kachi
National Security and Global Financial Governance, Annelies Z. Kamran
The Effect of Network Structure on the Provision of Security, Annelies Z. Kamran
Disagreeing About Disagreement: How Conflict in Social Networks Affects Political Behavior, Casey A. Klofstad, Anand Sokhey, and Scott D. McClurg
A Relational Political Science, Scott D. McClurg and Joseph K. Young
A Social Network Analysis of Internal Party Cleavages in Presidential Nominations, 1972-2008, Hans Noel
Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur
Interpersonal Networks and Democratic Politics, Anand E. Sokhey and Paul Djupe
Social Capital in Coordination Experiments: Risk, Trust and Position, Meredith A. Whiteman and John T. Scholz
Communicating with Constituents in 140 Characters or Less:, Christine B. Williams and Girish J. Gulati
Research from 2009
Expertise and Bias in Political Communication, T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, Alexander K. Mayer, and John Barry Ryan
Invaluable Involvement: Purposive Interest Group Networks in the 21st Century, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier and Dino P. Christenson
Good Edge, Bad Edge: How Network Structure Affects a Group’s Ability to Coordinate, Daniel P. Enemark, Mathew D. McCubbins, Ramamohan Paturi, and Nicholas Weller
Causality in Political Networks, James H. Fowler, Michael T. Heaney, David W. Nickerson, John F. Padgett, and Betsy Sinclair
An m-STAR Model of Dynamic, Endogenous Interdependence – a.k.a. Network-Behavior Coevolution – in the Social Sciences, Jude C. Hays, Aya Kachi, and Robert J. Franzese
Healing the Rift? Social Networks and Reconciliation between Obama and Clinton Delegates in 2008, Michael Heaney, Seth Masket, Joanne Miller, and Dara Strolovich
Human Security Networks in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Annelies Z. Kamran
The Response to Nuclear Proliferation, Annelies Z. Kamran
The Lasting Effect of Civic Talk on Civic Participation: Evidence from a Panel Study, Casey A. Klofstad
The Political Discussion Networks of Immigrants and Native Born Voters, Casey A. Klofstad and Benjamin G. Bishin
PARTISAN WEBS: INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND PARTY NETWORKS, Gregory Koger, Seth Masket, and Hans C. Noel
The Beltway Network: A Network Analysis of Lobbyists' Donations to Members of Congress, Gregory Koger and Jennifer N. Victor
The Coevolution of Networks and Political Attitudes, David Lazer, Brian Rubineau, Carol Chetkovich, Nancy Katz, and Michael Neblo
Networking the Parties: A Comparative Study of Democratic and Republican Convention Delegates in 2008, Seth E. Masket, Michael T. Heaney, Joanne M. Miller, and Dara Z. Strolovich
527 Committees and the Political Party Network, Seth E. Masket, Richard Skinner, and David Dulio
Social Networks and Correct Voting, Scott D. McClurg and Anand E. Sokhey
A Social Networks Analysis of Internal Party Cleavages in Presidential Nominations, 1972-2008, Hans Noel
Open Elite? Social Mobility, Marriage and Family in Florence, 1282-1494, John F. Padgett
The Emergence of Large, Unitary Merchant Banks in Dugento Tuscany, John F. Padgett
Economic Production as Chemistry II, John F. Padgett, Peter McMahan, and Xing Zhong
Economic Credit in Renaissance Florence, John Padgett and Paul D. McLean
Centreless governance for the management of a global R&D process: Public-Private Partnerships and Plant-Genetic Resource Management, Peter W.B. Phillips, William P. Boland, and Camille D. Ryan
Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Information Networks in Legislative Politics, Nils Ringe, Jennifer N. Victor, and Justin H. Gross
Who’s Leading Whom: Leadership PAC Networks through the Republican Era of Congress, Suzanne M. Robbins
Resilience of Post-disaster Emergency Response Networks: Evacuation Response and Texas School Districts, Scott E. Robinson
All Politics Is (Not) Local: The Structure of Lobbying in North Carolina, John C. Scott and Jeff Summerlin-Long
The Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th United States House of Representatives, Jennifer N. Victor and Nils Ringe
Party Polarization in Congress: A Social Networks Approach, Andrew Scott Waugh, Liuyi Pei, James H. Fowler, Peter J. Mucha, and Mason A. Porter
Democracy by Design: The Institutionalization of Community Participation Networks in Los Angeles, Christopher Weare
Explaining Facebook Support in the 2008 Congressional Election Cycle, Christine B. Williams and Girsh J. "Jeff" Gulati
Research from 2008
Conflicts About Intellectual Property Claims: The Role and Function of Collective Action Networks, Sebastian Haunss and Lars Kohlmorgen
Guns, Babies and Labor: Campaign Finance Networks in the 2000 Elections (working draft), Suzanne M. Robbins and Maksim Tsvetovat
The Prospects for Cyberocracy (Revisited), David Ronfeldt and Danielle Varda