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The central assumption in the literature on collaborative networks and policy networks is that political outcomes are affected by a variety of state and non-state actors. Some of these actors are more powerful than others and can therefore have a considerable effect on decision-making. In this article, we seek to provide a structural and institutional explanation for these power differentials in policy networks and support the explanation with empirical evidence. We use a dyadic measure of influence reputation as a proxy for power, and posit that influence reputation over the political outcome is related to vertical integration into the political system by means of formal decision-making authority, and to horizontal integration by means of being well-embedded into the policy network. This study includes data from we compare five cases about climate (two periods), telecommunications, flood prevention, and toxic chemicals politics in Switzerland and Germany.
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