01585pab a2200145 454500008004000000100005800040245007800098260000900176300001700185520115100202650002601353650001601379650001801395773002601413180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAlexander, Damon, Lewis, Jenny M. and Considine, Mark  aHow politicians and bureaucrats network: A comparison across governments.  c2011  ap.1274-1292.  aEffective public administration relies on the passage of information through interpersonal communication networks. While we have a vast research literature concerning formal structures and roles in organizations, including public agencies and government institutions, we know far less about the flow of information through semiformal, voluntary interactions. In this paper we use a large survey to explore the networking patterns of politicians and bureaucrats and to compare these with the more formal structural attributes of hierarchy and functional specialization. Social network analysis and standard quantitative measures are used to examine which actors are most central in advice and strategic information networks and how this varies across governments. The results suggest that the communication networks of politicians and bureaucrats differ substantially, with politicians being surprisingly peripheral in their patterns of interaction. Differences across governments are also observed with some municipalities being markedly more hierarchical, cross-organizational, and externally focused in their networking behaviour. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aPoliticians  aCivil service  aPublic Administration