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Networks of Interlocking Leaders: Exploring the Links and Identifying the Elites in four European countries

Lee, Jayeon LU ; Platek, Daniel LU orcid and Scaramuzzino, Roberto LU (2024) p.207-229
Abstract
This chapter aims at analysing the inter-organisational networks emerging from interlocking leaders among the most resourceful, national-level civil society organisations (CSOs) in four European countries. By comparing four different country contexts, we analyse differences in the characteristics of networks, find different mechanisms that seem to structure organisational links across the cases, and identify who the most powerful actors are based on the CSOs’ network positions. While we find small components of tightly connected organisations in the Italian and Polish cases, mainly around similar policy areas, these contexts are characterised by overall fragmentation. In Sweden and in the UK, on the other hand, we find that there are a... (More)
This chapter aims at analysing the inter-organisational networks emerging from interlocking leaders among the most resourceful, national-level civil society organisations (CSOs) in four European countries. By comparing four different country contexts, we analyse differences in the characteristics of networks, find different mechanisms that seem to structure organisational links across the cases, and identify who the most powerful actors are based on the CSOs’ network positions. While we find small components of tightly connected organisations in the Italian and Polish cases, mainly around similar policy areas, these contexts are characterised by overall fragmentation. In Sweden and in the UK, on the other hand, we find that there are a handful of key CSOs that link the majority of the resourceful organisations, thus occupying powerful network positions. (Less)
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Civil Society Elites
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Johansson, Håkan and Meeuwisse, Anna
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207 - 229
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
978-3-031-40149-7
978-3-031-40150-3
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10.1007/978-3-031-40150-3_10
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Civil society elites? Comparing elite composition, reproduction, integration and contestation in European civil societies
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English
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  author       = {{Lee, Jayeon and Platek, Daniel and Scaramuzzino, Roberto}},
  booktitle    = {{Civil Society Elites}},
  editor       = {{Johansson, Håkan and Meeuwisse, Anna}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{207--229}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{Networks of Interlocking Leaders: Exploring the Links and Identifying the Elites in four European countries}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40150-3_10}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-40150-3_10}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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