A Computational Turn in Policy Process Studies: Coevolving Network Dynamics of Policy Change

The past three decades of policy process studies have seen the emergence a clear intellectual lineage with regard to complexity. Implicitly or explicitly, scholars employed complexity theory examine intricate dynamics collective action in political contexts. However, methodological counterparts theory, such as computational methods, are rarely used and, even if they are, often detached from established theory. Building on critical review application studies, we present and implement baseline model processes using logic coevolving networks. Our suggests that an actor’s influence depends their environment exogenous events facilitating dialogue consensus-building. results validate previous opinion models generate novel patterns. discussion provides ground for further research outlines path field achieve turn.