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Distinguishing between political brokerage & political entrepreneurship

Ingold, Karin; Christopoulos, Dimitrios

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Karin Ingold

Dimitrios Christopoulos



Abstract

How can we distinguish between political brokers and political entrepreneurs within political space? Examining the role of individual agents, we can identify a number of definitional weaknesses in the entrepreneurship and leadership literature. This leads us to consider the agency determinants of broadly defined exceptional actors. We argue that accounts of exceptional agency have to incorporate information on the psychology, behaviour and relational environment of actors. However, we recognise that collecting complete data on agents is most often not feasible. Since relational data strongly reflect the choices and behaviour actors have been making we concentrate here on the distinction between brokers and entrepreneurs in relational space. Within relational social science however, brokerage has been often confounded with entrepreneurship. Our aim here is to decouple the underlying assumptions and operationalise this distinction in Social Network Analysis (SNA). © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Citation

Ingold, K., & Christopoulos, D. (2011). Distinguishing between political brokerage & political entrepreneurship. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 10, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.01.006

Journal Article Type Conference Paper
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2019
Journal Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Print ISSN 1877-0428
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Pages 36-42
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.01.006
Keywords policy change, political entrepreneur, broker, social network analysis, centrality
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/967635
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.01.006

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