Two-mode and three-mode American power elite database (Domhoff 2016)
Source:R/data_mpn.R
mpn_elite_usa.Rdmpn_elite_usa_advice is a 2-mode network of persons serving as directors or trustees of think tanks.
Think tanks are “public-policy research analysis and engagement organizations
that generate policy-oriented research, analysis, and advice on domestic and international issues,
thereby enabling policymakers and the public to make informed decisions about public policy” (McGann 2016: 6).
The Power Elite Database (Domhoff 2016) includes information on the directors of 33 prominent think tanks in 2012.
Here we include only 14 directors who held three or more seats among 20 think tanks.
mpn_elite_usa_money is based on 26 elites who sat on the boards of directors
for at least two of six economic policy making organizations (Domhoff 2016),
and also made campaign contributions to one or more of six candidates
running in the primary election contests for the 2008 Presidential nominations
of the Republican Party (Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney)
or the Democratic Party (Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama).
Format
#> -- # US think tank board network -----------------------------------------------
#> # A labelled, two-mode network of 14 directors and 20 think tanks and 46 board
#> membership ties
#>
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 34 x 2
#> label mode
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Albright directors
#> 2 Argyros directors
#> 3 Armitage directors
#> 4 Curry directors
#> 5 Fukuyama directors
#> 6 Gray directors
#> # i 28 more rows
#>
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 46 x 2
#> from to
#> <int> <int>
#> 1 1 17
#> 2 1 19
#> 3 1 21
#> 4 2 22
#> 5 2 23
#> 6 2 27
#> # i 40 more rows
#>#> -- # US power elite network ----------------------------------------------------
#> # A labelled, multiplex, undirected network of 38 elites and 59 board
#> membership ties and 44 campaign contribution ties
#>
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 38 x 2
#> label mode
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Adkerson elites
#> 2 Akins elites
#> 3 Banga elites
#> 4 Boyce elites
#> 5 Britt elites
#> 6 Cannon elites
#> # i 32 more rows
#>
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 103 x 3
#> from to layer
#> <int> <int> <chr>
#> 1 1 27 board membership
#> 2 3 27 board membership
#> 3 4 27 board membership
#> 4 5 27 board membership
#> 5 7 27 board membership
#> 6 9 27 board membership
#> # i 97 more rows
#>Details
References
Domhoff, G William. 2016. “Who Rules America? Power Elite Database.”
The Center for Responsive Politics. 2019. “OpenSecrets.” https://www.opensecrets.org.
Knoke, David, Mario Diani, James Hollway, and Dimitris C Christopoulos. 2021. Multimodal Political Networks. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press.