RT Journal Article
T1 Invisible rulers: the ‘Latent Power Structure’ in two spanish governments (2004 and 2012)
A1 Aldeguer Cerdá, Bernabé
A1 Lucena-Piquero, Delio
A1 Villena Oliver, Andrés
AB Beyond the observation of official positions and incorporating the ‘Latent Power Structure’ (LPS), this article offers a broadened view of the organization of democratic governments. We define the LPS as a set of former officials, parliamentary and party members, and business directors who are closely related to government members, since they have recruited one or more of them for certain positions in the past. Applied to a Social Network Analysis of two Spanish governments, the LPS reveals a more concentrated structure of power with a far greater range of resources. The LPS analysis shows that governments rely on certain influential organizations in the social structure, to a greater extent than might initially be believed. This finding indicates the existence of government structures that represent a greater risk to democratic representation, and provides evidence for understanding how the state and other critical institutions are related in the social structure.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0017-257X
YR 2022
FD 2022-09-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114770
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114770
LA eng
NO Villena-Oliver, A., Aldeguer, B., & Lucena-Piquero, D. (2024). Invisible Rulers: The ‘Latent Power Structure’ in Two Spanish Governments (2004 and 2012). Government and Opposition, 59(1), 130–145. doi:10.1017/gov.2022.29
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025