Networks of Collective Action

List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview Principles of Structural Analysis Models of Integration Why Community Decision Making? A Heuristic Model for Studying Community Social Systems Altneustadt: A Case of the Drosophila Fruit Fly? Some General Methodological Observations Plan of the BookPart 1 The Community: Context and Internal Structure of Its Population Subsystem 2 Introducing the Community: The Research Site for an Illustrative Case Study The Community Context A Systematic Comparison of Altneustadt with Other German Cities 3 The Internal Social Structural Differentiation of the Community Altneustadt's Bases of Social Differentiation Concluding Remarks 4 Value Orientations: Their Structure and Social Differentiation Measuring Social Value Orientations Value Differentiation of Population Groups Some Gedankenexperimente Concluding RemarksPart 2 The Community Influence System 5 Locating the Top Community Influential The Identification of Community Influential and Their Respective Institutional Sectors The Rank Order of Influence 6 The Coalitional Structure of Altneustadt's Elite The Network of Informal Relations Condensation of the Digraph of Informal Relations The Internal Differentiation of the Dominant CDU Clique The Internal Differentiation of the Rival SPD Clique Differences in Values and Political Strategies within and between the Various Coalitions Conclusion 7 Opening the Black Box: Relations among the Community Elite: A Method for Describing Their Structure The Theoretical Rationale for the Description of Community Influence Structures The Methodology of Structural Analysis: Graph Theory and Smallest Space Analysis Graphic Representations of Influence Structures Conclusion 8 A Causal Modeling Approach to the Study of a Community Elite's Influence Structure With Lois M. Verbrugge Introduction A General Causal Model for the Community Influence Structure Measuring the Variables in the Causal Model Estimating the Model Results and Discussion Some Further Considerations and Caveats 9 Consensus and Cleavage: The Resolution of Issues Toward a Typology of Community Issues The Selection of Community Issues in Altneustadt Graphic Representation of the Cleavage Structure 10 Bringing Groups Back in: The Structure of Interrelations among Corporate Actors in the Community The Collectivity Structure of Community Influence Graphic Representation of Altneustadt's Corporate Actor Structure The Cleavage Structure of Corporate Actors ConclusionPart 3 The Interface Between Community and Elite 11 The Resource Base of Community Influence: A Strategy for Studying Their Distribution, Efficacy, and Convertibility Introduction A Typology of Community Influence Resources Hypothetical Model of the Process of Resource Conversion Operationalizing the Model The Distribution of Resources The Elite-Community Interface and Types of Resources The Relative Efficacy of Influence Resources Conclusion 12 The Interface between Community and Elite Some Preliminary Remarks The Social Structure of the Community-Elite Interface Concluding Remarks 13 Prospects and Conclusion Some Propositions Relating to the Population Subsystem Some Propositions Relating to the Elite (Integrative) Subsystem Some Propositions Relating to the Interface of Population and Elite Subsystems Some Concluding RemarksAppendix A Part I. Study Design and Sampling Procedures for the Community Survey Part II. Study Design for the Elite SurveyAppendix B Part I. Indicators of Social Value Orientations Part II. Index of Community Satisfaction Part III. Community Preferences on Four Controversies in AltneustadtAppendix C Part I. Interview Schedule for Community Elite Survey Part II. Item List for Community Elite SurveyReferences and Selected BibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index