Invisible Rulers: The ‘Latent Power Structure’ in Two Spanish Governments (2004 and 2012)

Abstract Beyond the observation of official positions and incorporating ‘Latent Power Structure’ (LPS), this article offers a broadened view organization democratic governments. We define LPS as set former officials, parliamentary party members, business directors who are closely related to government since they have recruited one or more them for certain in past. Applied Social Network Analysis two Spanish governments, reveals concentrated structure power with far greater range resources. The analysis shows that governments rely on influential organizations social structure, extent than might initially be believed. This finding indicates existence structures represent risk representation, provides evidence understanding how state other critical institutions structure.