Coalitions and coordination in Washington think tanks: board interlock among Washington D.C.-based policy research and planning organizations

Applied Network Science

Alexander C. Furnas¹ 

[1] Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA;

关键词: Networks;    Interlock;    Interest groups;    Think tanks;    ERGM;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s41109-020-00318-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Think tanks have become central players in the political and policy ecosystem of the United States, yet the communication and coordination strategies and connections between them remain relatively unexamined. This paper begins to remedy that by using IRS 990 data to construct and analyze the largest board interlock network among policy planning organizations to date. An analysis of 277 policy research organizations located in Washington D.C. reveals high levels of resource seeking, issue-area coordination and weak evidence of ideological coordination among these substantively important organizations in American politics.

【 授权许可】

CC BY