Mapping the complexity of political ideology using emergent networks: the Chilean case
Date
2022
Type:
Article
item.page.extent
item.page.accessRights
item.contributor.advisor
ORCID:
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
item.page.isbn
item.page.issn
item.page.issne
item.page.doiurl
item.page.other
item.page.references
Abstract
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 dif‐
ferent 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 net‐
work, and we can identify the main ideological communities in Chile and describe their
characteristics. Beyond the local results, the proposed methodology enables represent‐
ing the diversity of a community’s political orientations in a realistic ecological context.
Description
item.page.coverage.spatial
item.page.sponsorship
Citation
Raveau, María P., Juan P. Couyoumdjian, and Claudio Fuentes-Bravo. "Mapping the complexity of political ideology using emergent networks: the Chilean case." Applied Network Science 7.1 (2022): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-022-00459-x
Keywords
Political ideology, Latin american politics, Networks