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With the aim to unravel the constitution and maintenance of interest and advocacy coalitions, the chapter studies how individual actors form relationships with others. Through a combination of network and qualitative analysis, the chapter contributes to the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) literature. The ACF hypothesizes that actors’ core or deep beliefs determine with whom they form coalitions. Recent research has however argued that actors instead tend to join groups for other strategic reasons. This study investigates these different hypotheses empirically based on a water basin forum in Brazil. The chapter finds that several factors constitute coalitions, such as participants’ geographic proximity, or belong to the same sector of society. Moreover, actors are not exclusively limiting their interactions to others within their coalitions, but can occasionally interact with others for context-specific reasons.
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The authors would like to thank Annica Sandström for her useful comments and help in improving the chapter. We extend our gratitude to Andrea Nascetti for his help in producing the included map.
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Mancilla García, M., Bodin, Ö. (2020). What Drives the Formation and Maintenance of Interest Coalitions in Water Governance Forums?. In: Fischer, M., Ingold, K. (eds) Networks in Water Governance. Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46769-2_6
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