Mapping the complexity of political ideology using emergent networks: the Chilean case
Journal
Applied Network Science
ISSN
2364-8228
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Claudio Fuentes-Bravo
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a method to characterize political ideology using network theory. Our analysis is based on the 2015–2016 Chilean constituent process, where self-convened meetings were held throughout the country to discuss which Values, Rights, Duties, and Institutions should be included in the new constitution. Using this unique dataset, co-occurrence networks were constructed by considering the concepts selected in different meetings. The nodes are the concepts, and a link between two nodes represents the association between them. Political ideology is thus analyzed as an emergent network, and we can identify the main ideological communities in Chile and describe their characteristics. Beyond the local results, the proposed methodology enables representing the diversity of a community’s political orientations in a realistic ecological context.</jats:p>
Subjects
political ideology
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latin american politics
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networks
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co-occurrence networks
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emergent networks
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latin american politic
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latin americans
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network
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political ideologies
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political orientation