The strength of weak ties in lobbying networks: Evidence from health-care politics in the United States

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-444

  Carpenter, Daniel P ^a   Esterling, Kevin M ^b   Lazer, David M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health politics; Informational lobbying; Issue networks; Network autocorrelation; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032329201     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692898010004003     Document Type: Article

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