Mapping the complexity of political ideology using emergent networks: the Chilean case

Applied Network Science

María P. Raveau¹  Claudio Fuentes-Bravo²  Juan P. Couyoumdjian³ 

[1] Centro de Investigación en Complejidad Social, Universidad del Desarrollo;Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile;Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad del Desarrollo;

关键词: Political ideology;    Latin american politics;    Networks;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s41109-022-00459-x

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract We propose a method to characterize political ideology using network theory. Our analysis is based on the 2015–2016 Chilean constituent process, where self-convened meetings were held throughout the country to discuss which Values, Rights, Duties, and Institutions should be included in the new constitution. Using this unique dataset, co-occurrence networks were constructed by considering the concepts selected in different meetings. The nodes are the concepts, and a link between two nodes represents the association between them. Political ideology is thus analyzed as an emergent network, and we can identify the main ideological communities in Chile and describe their characteristics. Beyond the local results, the proposed methodology enables representing the diversity of a community’s political orientations in a realistic ecological context.

【 授权许可】

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