Regime Network Restructuring in Akron, Ohio, 1975–2009: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

摘要: The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts extra-local economic and political forces on business community participants governing regime coalition in Akron, Ohio, turn, how other partners responded engaged with changing constitution Akron's community. Unlike UK where municipalities receive substan- tial fiscal support from regional national governments, American cities are more readily forced into partnerships public private actors for solvency, including, prima- rily, local In case experienced a prolonged ongoing period comprehensive deindustrialization restructuring, forcing city less traditional non-private sector as structure continues transform. A secondary objective forward utility social network analysis theory applications. Social offers way situate arguably most influential coalition. Utilizing directories Standard Poor's Index Corporations Directors 1975 through 2006, performed interlocking corporations civic organizations based Akron each decade, allowing longitudinal view