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Capturing complexity: Mixing methods in the analysis of a European tobacco control policy network.
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- Systems science and systems thinking for public health: a systematic review of the field.BMJ open · 2015Pooled it
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- The Development, Description and Appraisal of an Emergent Multimethod Research Design to Study Workforce Changes in Integrated Care Interventions.International journal of integrated care · 2017Article
- Why media representations of corporations matter for public health policy: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Unpacking commercial sector opposition to European smoke-free policy: lack of unity, 'fear of association' and harm reduction debates.Tobacco control · 2016Article
- Tobacco Control and Health Advocacy in the European Union: Understanding Effective Coalition-Building.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Article
- The revision of the 2014 European tobacco products directive: an analysis of the tobacco industry's attempts to 'break the health silo'.Tobacco control · 2016Article
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Abstract
Social network analysis (SNA), a method which can be used to explore networks in various contexts, has received increasing attention. Drawing on the development of European smoke-free policy, this paper explores how a mixed method approach to SNA can be utilised to investigate a complex policy network. Textual data from public documents, consultation submissions and websites were extracted, converted and analysed using plagiarism detection software and quantitative network analysis, and qualitative data from public documents and 35 interviews were thematically analysed. While the quantitative analysis enabled understanding of the network's structure and components, the qualitative analysis provided in-depth information about specific actors' positions, relationships and interactions. The paper establishes that SNA is suited to empirically testing and analysing networks in EU policymaking. It contributes to methodological debates about the antagonism between qualitative and quantitative approaches and demonstrates that qualitative and quantitative network analysis can offer a powerful tool for policy analysis.
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