Understanding the Roles of Network Structure and Distance in the Process of Natural Resource Policy Implementation

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dc.contributor.advisorBone, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorKenbeek, Seth
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-18T23:01:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-18
dc.description.abstractPolicy makers write policies that are implemented by actors at various levels of government. This results in policies that are implemented differently than how they were intended due to institutional contexts, pressure from the agency, personal beliefs, and collaboration between bureaucrats. This is especially true of natural resource policies, which are implemented at local scales by actors spread across the landscape. This research explores the effects that pressure from above, beliefs of individual actors, collaboration between actors, network structure, and distance between actors collectively have on policy implementation in federal natural resource agencies. A network modeling approach is employed to simulate the policy implementation process as a network of bureaucrats. Results indicate that network structure has little influence on the policy outcome, but adding distance alters the policy outcomes sensitivity to other parameters. The results illuminate the need to consider distance in policy implementation research.en_US
dc.description.embargo10000-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/19242
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectNetwork modelingen_US
dc.subjectPolicy implementationen_US
dc.subjectSocial networksen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding the Roles of Network Structure and Distance in the Process of Natural Resource Policy Implementation
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Geography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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