Christopher Weare
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Weare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Weare |
| SIGNATURE | WEARE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3014-2320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 318 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Housing Outcomes for Homeless Individuals in Street Outreach Compared to Shelter
Outreach is a core component of homelessness policy, but its effectiveness at housing individuals has been understudied. Employing administrative data, this paper compares the outcomes of outreach clients to those who initially enter shelters. It finds that outreach clients compared to the shelter population, are less likely to be in households with children, had been homeless for longer periods of time, and suffer from greater vulnerabilities. O…
Social capital and community representation: How multiform networks promote local democracy in Los Angeles
This paper examines the variant roles that specific forms of networked-based social capital play in supporting the democratic functions of a neighbourhood governance network in Los Angeles. A significant body of empirical work has demonstrated the positive role that social capital plays in the functioning of civil society, but there has been less attention to the manner in which different types of network-based social capital promote support effi…
From Participatory Reform to Social Capital: Micro‐Motives and the Macro‐Structure of Civil Society Networks
Although a wide‐ranging literature explores the favorable effects of social capital, it is only relatively recently that systematic attention has been directed to the manner in which social networks emerge and the consequent implications for civic engagement and collaborative governance. This article employs advanced social network statistical models to examine civic network emergence following a participatory reform in Los Angeles. Findings sugg…
Collaboration and Culture: Organizational Culture and the Dynamics of Collaborative Policy Networks
This paper presents a theory of the role of culture in collaborative policy networks. It builds on the literature that analyzes the factors related to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of collaborative arrangements by demonstrating the importance of hitherto undertheorized cultural factors. Cultural theory indicates that actors with different cultural viewpoints have distinct and predictable biases in terms of their expectations of coll…
Toward “Strong Democracy” in Global Cities? Social Capital Building, Theory‐Driven Reform, and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Experience
With faith in government waning, cultural diversity spiraling, and fiscal stress straining the ability of policy makers to address the policy challenges accompanying these developments, the salience of (re)connecting citizens with government takes on renewed urgency today. Nowhere is this more the case than in urban America, where so‐called global cities teeming with ethnic diversity and controlling a disproportionate amount of global business in…
Institutional Motivations in the Adoption of Innovations: The Case of E-Government
This article examines the institutional motivations underlying innovation. Although attention to motivation played a role in early theorizing on innovation, the phenomenon is understudied empirically. A clearer understanding of the relative importance of differing institutional motivations can illuminate why public organizations adopting innovative strategies and programs often fail to replicate the benefits of earlier implementations. We draw on…
Cross-Talk: The Role of Homophily and Elite Bias in Civic Associations
We examine the manner in which voluntary associations expose individuals to differing perspectives, or “cross-talk.” Specifically we develop hypotheses based on the interactive roles of elite bias and homophily in structuring networks of democratic participation and test them on social network data of Los Angeles neighborhood councils. We find that homophily leads to boards less diverse than their communities, but does not lead to homogeneous cli…
Networks for Civic Engagement? Neighbourhood Councils and Faith-based Organizations in Los Angeles
Understanding how civic associations shape individuals' understanding of and participation in local political affairs requires a focus on the structural and affective networks engendered by associations. Using micro-level network data, we analyse the networks developed by two different forms of voluntary associations: neighbourhood councils and faith-based organizations. These associations were chosen to examine common assumptions about the bridg…
Email Effects on the Structure of Local Associations: A Social Network Analysis
Objectives. This article explores the impact of email on the network structure of small, voluntary associations. By focusing on the density and centralization of associations, we illuminate how the Internet affects their cohesiveness and democratic character. Methods. Based on network data collected from 41 community‐based associations that are comparable on a variety of factors known to influence network structure, we employ multiple regression …
Neighborhood Governance Reform and Networks of Community Power in Los Angeles
This article applies network theory to consider the effects of neighborhood council reform on city governance in Los Angeles. The authors argue that neighborhood councils have the potential to change elite-dominated governance through several network effects: development of bridging social capital—network relationships that cross-cut traditional community cleavages, broadening of horizontal networks that improve information required for collectiv…
The Effects of Internet Use on Political Participation: Evidence From an Agency Online Discussion Forum
We seek to clarify the relationship between Internet use and political participation. Although early theorists touted the potential mobilizing effects of the Internet, existing empirical studies have failed to find support for such a relationship. We challenge these findings through the analysis of an experimental use of an online discussion forum in anagency strategic planning exercise. The Web-based discussion run in parallel to the traditional…
Media Convergence and the Chilling Effect of Broadcast Licensing
Many scholars have lamented the regulation of electronic media as an encroachment on the First Amendment guarantee of press freedom. They argue that the licensing process creates the possibility and means for politicians to meddle with broadcasters' content decisions, and they cite a long history of political interference to support their claims. From this literature, the authors define three specific hypotheses concerning the chilling effect of …
Winners, losers, and efficiency: Achieving multiple goals in Japan's financial system reforms
When giving policy advice, economists often proceed as if efficiency is the only valid social goal. Although efficiency is important, we argue that single‐minded pursuit of it is counterproductive. It unnecessarily erects political hurdles to the enactment of efficiency‐enhancing reforms because policy proposals that ignore valid, nonefficiency concerns are more likely to meet political and bureaucratic resistance. Moreover, such resistance may b…
Content Analysis of the World Wide Web: Opportunities and Challenges
This article examines methodological issues for content analytic research of the World Wide Web. The outline of content analysis as a systematic and quantitative scientific method for measuring the content of messages have existed for centuries. Nevertheless, its development and diffusion have been primarily spurred by the rise of mass media, newspapers in the 19th century and electronic media in the 20th century. The growth of the Internet promi…
The Gordian knot: Political gridlock on the information highway; Coordinating the internet
The Gordian knot: Political gridlock on the information highway; Coordinating the internet
No Abstact
Designing Web Technologies for Local Governance Reform: Good Management or Good Democracy
This article examines the extent to which innovative applications of Web technology might advance local governance reform. Synthesizing theories from communications, public policy, urban political science, and political philosophy, it develops a theoretical framework for local governance reform that emphasizes two dimensions: entrepreneurial (good management) versus participatory (good democracy). The entrepreneurial model envisions the city prim…
Electronic Democracy and the Diffusion of Municipal Web Pages in California
Although the Internet has been touted as a means to improve democratic governance, there has been little systematic analysis of its use. The authors analyze the diffusion of municipal Web sites that include information concerning a specific locality. The analysis is based on demographic and fiscal data from 454 California cities and two surveys of Web site adoption. The authors’ theoretical framework draws from the political economy and technolog…
The making of economic policy: A transaction-cost politics perspective
The making of economic policy: A transaction-cost politics perspective
Designing Web Technologies for Local Governance Reform: Good Management or Good Democracy
This article examines the extent to which innovative applications of Web technology might advance local governance reform. Synthesizing theories from communications, public policy, urban political science, and political philosophy, it develops a theoretical framework for local governance reform that emphasizes two dimensions: entrepreneurial (good management) versus participatory (good democracy). The entrepreneurial model envisions the city prim…
Institutional Motivations in the Adoption of Innovations: The Case of E-Government
This article examines the institutional motivations underlying innovation. Although attention to motivation played a role in early theorizing on innovation, the phenomenon is understudied empirically. A clearer understanding of the relative importance of differing institutional motivations can illuminate why public organizations adopting innovative strategies and programs often fail to replicate the benefits of earlier implementations. We draw on…
Neighborhood Governance Reform and Networks of Community Power in Los Angeles
This article applies network theory to consider the effects of neighborhood council reform on city governance in Los Angeles. The authors argue that neighborhood councils have the potential to change elite-dominated governance through several network effects: development of bridging social capital—network relationships that cross-cut traditional community cleavages, broadening of horizontal networks that improve information required for collectiv…
Collaboration and Culture: Organizational Culture and the Dynamics of Collaborative Policy Networks
This paper presents a theory of the role of culture in collaborative policy networks. It builds on the literature that analyzes the factors related to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of collaborative arrangements by demonstrating the importance of hitherto undertheorized cultural factors. Cultural theory indicates that actors with different cultural viewpoints have distinct and predictable biases in terms of their expectations of coll…
Toward “Strong Democracy” in Global Cities? Social Capital Building, Theory‐Driven Reform, and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Experience
With faith in government waning, cultural diversity spiraling, and fiscal stress straining the ability of policy makers to address the policy challenges accompanying these developments, the salience of (re)connecting citizens with government takes on renewed urgency today. Nowhere is this more the case than in urban America, where so‐called global cities teeming with ethnic diversity and controlling a disproportionate amount of global business in…
Content Analysis of the World Wide Web: Opportunities and Challenges
This article examines methodological issues for content analytic research of the World Wide Web. The outline of content analysis as a systematic and quantitative scientific method for measuring the content of messages have existed for centuries. Nevertheless, its development and diffusion have been primarily spurred by the rise of mass media, newspapers in the 19th century and electronic media in the 20th century. The growth of the Internet promi…
Electronic Democracy and the Diffusion of Municipal Web Pages in California
Although the Internet has been touted as a means to improve democratic governance, there has been little systematic analysis of its use. The authors analyze the diffusion of municipal Web sites that include information concerning a specific locality. The analysis is based on demographic and fiscal data from 454 California cities and two surveys of Web site adoption. The authors’ theoretical framework draws from the political economy and technolog…
Cross-Talk: The Role of Homophily and Elite Bias in Civic Associations
We examine the manner in which voluntary associations expose individuals to differing perspectives, or “cross-talk.” Specifically we develop hypotheses based on the interactive roles of elite bias and homophily in structuring networks of democratic participation and test them on social network data of Los Angeles neighborhood councils. We find that homophily leads to boards less diverse than their communities, but does not lead to homogeneous cli…
The Effects of Internet Use on Political Participation: Evidence From an Agency Online Discussion Forum
We seek to clarify the relationship between Internet use and political participation. Although early theorists touted the potential mobilizing effects of the Internet, existing empirical studies have failed to find support for such a relationship. We challenge these findings through the analysis of an experimental use of an online discussion forum in anagency strategic planning exercise. The Web-based discussion run in parallel to the traditional…
From Participatory Reform to Social Capital: Micro‐Motives and the Macro‐Structure of Civil Society Networks
Although a wide‐ranging literature explores the favorable effects of social capital, it is only relatively recently that systematic attention has been directed to the manner in which social networks emerge and the consequent implications for civic engagement and collaborative governance. This article employs advanced social network statistical models to examine civic network emergence following a participatory reform in Los Angeles. Findings sugg…
Housing Outcomes for Homeless Individuals in Street Outreach Compared to Shelter
Outreach is a core component of homelessness policy, but its effectiveness at housing individuals has been understudied. Employing administrative data, this paper compares the outcomes of outreach clients to those who initially enter shelters. It finds that outreach clients compared to the shelter population, are less likely to be in households with children, had been homeless for longer periods of time, and suffer from greater vulnerabilities. O…
Networks for Civic Engagement? Neighbourhood Councils and Faith-based Organizations in Los Angeles
Understanding how civic associations shape individuals' understanding of and participation in local political affairs requires a focus on the structural and affective networks engendered by associations. Using micro-level network data, we analyse the networks developed by two different forms of voluntary associations: neighbourhood councils and faith-based organizations. These associations were chosen to examine common assumptions about the bridg…
Social capital and community representation: How multiform networks promote local democracy in Los Angeles
This paper examines the variant roles that specific forms of networked-based social capital play in supporting the democratic functions of a neighbourhood governance network in Los Angeles. A significant body of empirical work has demonstrated the positive role that social capital plays in the functioning of civil society, but there has been less attention to the manner in which different types of network-based social capital promote support effi…
The making of economic policy: A transaction-cost politics perspective
The making of economic policy: A transaction-cost politics perspective
The making of economic policy: A transaction-cost politics perspective
Electronic Democracy and the Diffusion of Municipal Web Pages in California
Although the Internet has been touted as a means to improve democratic governance, there has been little systematic analysis of its use. The authors analyze the diffusion of municipal Web sites that include information concerning a specific locality. The analysis is based on demographic and fiscal data from 454 California cities and two surveys of Web site adoption. The authors’ theoretical framework draws from the political economy and technolog…
Winners, losers, and efficiency: Achieving multiple goals in Japan's financial system reforms
When giving policy advice, economists often proceed as if efficiency is the only valid social goal. Although efficiency is important, we argue that single‐minded pursuit of it is counterproductive. It unnecessarily erects political hurdles to the enactment of efficiency‐enhancing reforms because policy proposals that ignore valid, nonefficiency concerns are more likely to meet political and bureaucratic resistance. Moreover, such resistance may b…
Content Analysis of the World Wide Web: Opportunities and Challenges
This article examines methodological issues for content analytic research of the World Wide Web. The outline of content analysis as a systematic and quantitative scientific method for measuring the content of messages have existed for centuries. Nevertheless, its development and diffusion have been primarily spurred by the rise of mass media, newspapers in the 19th century and electronic media in the 20th century. The growth of the Internet promi…
The Gordian knot: Political gridlock on the information highway; Coordinating the internet
The Gordian knot: Political gridlock on the information highway; Coordinating the internet
No Abstact
Designing Web Technologies for Local Governance Reform: Good Management or Good Democracy
This article examines the extent to which innovative applications of Web technology might advance local governance reform. Synthesizing theories from communications, public policy, urban political science, and political philosophy, it develops a theoretical framework for local governance reform that emphasizes two dimensions: entrepreneurial (good management) versus participatory (good democracy). The entrepreneurial model envisions the city prim…
Media Convergence and the Chilling Effect of Broadcast Licensing
Many scholars have lamented the regulation of electronic media as an encroachment on the First Amendment guarantee of press freedom. They argue that the licensing process creates the possibility and means for politicians to meddle with broadcasters' content decisions, and they cite a long history of political interference to support their claims. From this literature, the authors define three specific hypotheses concerning the chilling effect of …
The Effects of Internet Use on Political Participation: Evidence From an Agency Online Discussion Forum
We seek to clarify the relationship between Internet use and political participation. Although early theorists touted the potential mobilizing effects of the Internet, existing empirical studies have failed to find support for such a relationship. We challenge these findings through the analysis of an experimental use of an online discussion forum in anagency strategic planning exercise. The Web-based discussion run in parallel to the traditional…
Neighborhood Governance Reform and Networks of Community Power in Los Angeles
This article applies network theory to consider the effects of neighborhood council reform on city governance in Los Angeles. The authors argue that neighborhood councils have the potential to change elite-dominated governance through several network effects: development of bridging social capital—network relationships that cross-cut traditional community cleavages, broadening of horizontal networks that improve information required for collectiv…
Email Effects on the Structure of Local Associations: A Social Network Analysis
Objectives. This article explores the impact of email on the network structure of small, voluntary associations. By focusing on the density and centralization of associations, we illuminate how the Internet affects their cohesiveness and democratic character. Methods. Based on network data collected from 41 community‐based associations that are comparable on a variety of factors known to influence network structure, we employ multiple regression …
Networks for Civic Engagement? Neighbourhood Councils and Faith-based Organizations in Los Angeles
Understanding how civic associations shape individuals' understanding of and participation in local political affairs requires a focus on the structural and affective networks engendered by associations. Using micro-level network data, we analyse the networks developed by two different forms of voluntary associations: neighbourhood councils and faith-based organizations. These associations were chosen to examine common assumptions about the bridg…
Cross-Talk: The Role of Homophily and Elite Bias in Civic Associations
We examine the manner in which voluntary associations expose individuals to differing perspectives, or “cross-talk.” Specifically we develop hypotheses based on the interactive roles of elite bias and homophily in structuring networks of democratic participation and test them on social network data of Los Angeles neighborhood councils. We find that homophily leads to boards less diverse than their communities, but does not lead to homogeneous cli…
Toward “Strong Democracy” in Global Cities? Social Capital Building, Theory‐Driven Reform, and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Experience
With faith in government waning, cultural diversity spiraling, and fiscal stress straining the ability of policy makers to address the policy challenges accompanying these developments, the salience of (re)connecting citizens with government takes on renewed urgency today. Nowhere is this more the case than in urban America, where so‐called global cities teeming with ethnic diversity and controlling a disproportionate amount of global business in…
Institutional Motivations in the Adoption of Innovations: The Case of E-Government
This article examines the institutional motivations underlying innovation. Although attention to motivation played a role in early theorizing on innovation, the phenomenon is understudied empirically. A clearer understanding of the relative importance of differing institutional motivations can illuminate why public organizations adopting innovative strategies and programs often fail to replicate the benefits of earlier implementations. We draw on…
From Participatory Reform to Social Capital: Micro‐Motives and the Macro‐Structure of Civil Society Networks
Although a wide‐ranging literature explores the favorable effects of social capital, it is only relatively recently that systematic attention has been directed to the manner in which social networks emerge and the consequent implications for civic engagement and collaborative governance. This article employs advanced social network statistical models to examine civic network emergence following a participatory reform in Los Angeles. Findings sugg…
Collaboration and Culture: Organizational Culture and the Dynamics of Collaborative Policy Networks
This paper presents a theory of the role of culture in collaborative policy networks. It builds on the literature that analyzes the factors related to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of collaborative arrangements by demonstrating the importance of hitherto undertheorized cultural factors. Cultural theory indicates that actors with different cultural viewpoints have distinct and predictable biases in terms of their expectations of coll…
Social capital and community representation: How multiform networks promote local democracy in Los Angeles
This paper examines the variant roles that specific forms of networked-based social capital play in supporting the democratic functions of a neighbourhood governance network in Los Angeles. A significant body of empirical work has demonstrated the positive role that social capital plays in the functioning of civil society, but there has been less attention to the manner in which different types of network-based social capital promote support effi…
Housing Outcomes for Homeless Individuals in Street Outreach Compared to Shelter
Outreach is a core component of homelessness policy, but its effectiveness at housing individuals has been understudied. Employing administrative data, this paper compares the outcomes of outreach clients to those who initially enter shelters. It finds that outreach clients compared to the shelter population, are less likely to be in households with children, had been homeless for longer periods of time, and suffer from greater vulnerabilities. O…
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Politics (15 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Social Capital and Networks (9 works) · Social Media and Politics (9 works) · Business (7 works)