Regional Governance and Multiplex Networks in Environmental Sustainability
An Exponential Random Graph Model Analysis in the Chinese Local Government Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rongqi Shen (0000-0001-5538-6770, Wichita State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 571-613 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10780874231199390 |
| OpenAlex | W4386544663 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 114 |
Chinese city governments have collaborated increasingly to address regional environmental issues by participating in informal and formal collaborative networks. However, collaboration among cities involves collaboration risks. This study investigates how cities strategically select collaborative partners in informal and formal networks in the context of the Yangtze River Delta in China. This study addresses this question by assessing the nature of collaborative problems in the informal and formal networks, the extent of homophily in actors’ preferences, and their relationship multiplexity. Findings from Exponential Random Graph Analysis demonstrate: (1) city governments tend to connect to the popular actor and create relationship closure in the informal network, while only forging relationship closure in the formal network; (2) homophily (in water pollution) and heterogeneity (in air pollution) jointly affect city governments’ choices of collaborative partners in the formal network; and (3) the presence of relationship multiplexity wherein the formation of formal ties is built between city governments with pre-existing informal interactions. The findings advance our knowledge of collaborative partner selection and local collaborative governance in China
Business · Collaborative governance · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Environmental governance · Exponential random graph models · Geography · Graph · Homophily · Political science · Public relations · Random graph · Social network analysis · Sociology · Sustainability · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Capital and Networks · Ecology
Governing the Commons
Social Network Analysis
Introduction
Managing the hollow state Collaboration and contracting
China's transition to markets
Political turnover and economic performance
The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development
Freedom and control in modern society
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Collaborative networks and environmental governance performance
Under what conditions do governments collaborate? A qualitative comparative analysis of air pollution control in China
The Logic of Collective Action
Economic Action and Social Structure
The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations
Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification
A test of structural features of granovetter's strength of weak ties theory
Recent developments in exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks
The Impact of Collaboration Network on Water Resource Governance Performance
What Drives the Performance of Collaboration Networks
Rational Choice and Regional Governance
Self‐Organizing Governance of Local Economic Development
Competition and Cooperation
When Collaboration Is Risky Business
Understanding Multiplexity of Collaborative Emergency Management Networks
Interlocal Agreements as Collaborations
Collaborative Governance and the Challenges of Network-Based Research
Managing Collaborative Processes
Demographic factors affecting constitutional decisions
Administrators’ and Elected Officials’ Collaboration Networks
Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability
Competitors and Cooperators
Toward a Multiplex Network Theory of Interlocal Service Contracting
Transaction Costs and the Perceived Effectiveness of Complex Institutional Systems
Target‐setting, political incentives, and the tricky trade‐off between economic development and environmental protection
Evaluating collaborative institutions by segregation and homophily in policy networks
Why Is There Mandatory Retirement
The External Control of Organizations. A Resource Dependence Perspective
Interlocal Service Cooperation in U.S. Cities
Governing U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Differentiation and Cooperation in a Metropolitan Area
Applying Policy Termination Theory to the Abandonment of Climate Protection Initiatives by U.S. Local Governments
Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks
A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Intergovernmental Collaboration for Local Economic Development
Institutional Ties, Transaction Costs, and External Service Production
Collaboration Networks Among Local Elected Officials
Factors Influencing Participation in Bilateral Interprovincial Agreements
Regional Integration Through Contracting Networks
Do Networks Solve Collective Action Problems? Credibility, Search, and Collaboration
The Strength in Weak Ties
Do Political Similarities Facilitate Interlocal Collaboration
Advice Networks in Public Organizations
Regional Government and Governance in China and the United States
Contract–Management Capacity in Municipal and County Governments
Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public‐Sector Organizational Networks
Governing Interlocal Cooperation
The Institutional Collective Action Framework
Policy Networks in Complex Governance Subsystems
Participation and Political Influence in Complex Governance Systems
The Effects of Risk, Beliefs, and Trust in Education Policy Networks
Adapting to Sea‐Level Rise
Bridging and Bonding Capital in Two‐Mode Collaboration Networks
Testing Policy Theory with Statistical Models of Networks
Cooperation, not cost savings
Resource Tangibility and Patterns of Interaction in a Publicly Funded Health and Human Services Network
The Evolution of Dyadic Interorganizational Relationships in a Network of Publicly Funded Nonprofit Agencies
Network Management Reconsidered
Data Manipulation through Patronage Networks
Modes of Network Governance
Governing the Hollow State
Problem Severity, Collaborative Stage, and Partner Selection in US Cities
Self‐Organizing Policy Networks
Trust and Taxpaying
Tuning In, Tuning Out
The Institutional Logic of Collusion among Local Governments in China
The Repositioning of American Public Administration
China's environmental governance in transition
Patterns of Policy Networks at the Local Level in Germany
Performance Ranking and Environmental Governance
An adaptive governance approach to disaster-related behavioural health services
The Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas
Measuring Tie Strength
Applied Network Analysis
Economic Institutions as Social Constructions
Birds of a Feather
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
Power and Centrality
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |