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Annotated Bibliography: Issue Networks
This article talks about how Issue Networks have changed as time has gone on and how the public and officials alike have misused them, more than likely using them for their own advantage or using them for the wrong reasons. It also talks about how Issue Networks have made policy making more accessible for citizens to voice their opinion and have a say in politics. We could use this as an example of how Issue Networks have made policy making easier and how they have brought out more people out who will work and fight for what their issue network stands for. This article talks about how iron triangles and Issue Networks are connected and their differences in structure and leadership. It talks about the difference in size and consensus in between the two groups and talks about what role agencies and interests groups have when it comes to Issue Networks. My group and I could use this information to give examples for the different groups within the issue networks and how they can be made up of regular people and of people that have an expertise on what the Issue is. This article explains how Issue Networks come in to play when the federal system is involved. There is more than one Issue Network and different categories of them, I think that with this article my partners and I can use the context of this article for when we need an example of how Issue Networks can make politics more understandable or more difficult depending on what issue the network is fighting or going for politically. This article is about how the use of Issue Networks can be a great learning tool for students seeking an education in political science, how with the help of the world wide web, this has become easier and more entertaining for the students creating and making their own Issue Network and how the use of Issue Networks can bring people together to fight for things that they believe. My classmates and I can use this article to bring examples as to how there is many different ways Issue Networks can be used in educational purposes. This article talks about how the policy actors that control the Issue Networks get and maintain their credibility and it explains how and what they do to get the local public to go for or against what the issue the network is working with. It also explains how social capital and Issue networks combine. My peers and I could use this when we get ready to talk about the individuals that run the Issue networks. For example, how did they get to that position? And what did they have to go through to create their Issue Network?
 * Berry, Jeffrey M. "Citizen Groups and the Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics in America." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 528.Citizens, Protest, and Democracy (1993): 30-41. JSTOR. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/1047789?ref=search-gateway:f43243052da0837484a21690c39d0e48.
 * Golden, Marissa Martino. "Interest Groups in the Rule-Making Process: Who Participates? Whose Voices Get Heard?" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART 8.2 (1998): 245-70. JSTOR. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/1181558?ref=search-gateway:1614b8e4d5dfcb45aa0caccd382b0426.
 * Gormley, William T., Jr. "Regulatory Issue Networks in a Federal System." Polity 18.4 (1986): 595-620. JSTOR. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3234884?ref=search-gateway:c37ec54b14ea6995aa0d686ddbcdafb5.
 * Josefson, Jim. "Simulating Issue Networks in Small Classes Using the World Wide Web." PS: Political Science and Politics 33.4 (2000): 843-46. JSTOR. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/420927?ref=search-gateway:8f32130474004f8ffaf2bc5bf440dd90.
 * Young, Tamara V. "Structural Location and Reputed Influence in State Reading Policy Issue Networks." American Journal of Education 117.1 (2010): 25-49. JSTOR. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/656345?ref=search-gateway:bb56bebeb3ba7269871fb3e8c5aaea65.

Article Evaluation:

 * Yes, the hard facts seem to have appropriate references and sources to back up the material talked about and makes the article credible on the subject of Issue Networks.


 * Everything that was in the article as relevant to the subject, there doesn't seem to be any distractions that could lead a reader to become confused or unfocused.
 * The article seemed pretty neutral on the subject of Issue networks and there didn't seem to be any bias in any position of the subject.
 * The article's information comes from a variety of sources, from internet websites to print books. the sources seem to neutral to the subject if there is a bias, it could be that it focuses on environmental Issue Networks quite a bit, and I'm sure that there are way more types of Issue Networks that could be used as examples and describe what each Network does and how it impacts either the public or the private institution they are trying to fix and bring their issues to light..
 * I feel like the viewpoints of the article are underrepresented, there seem to be very little information on the subject, I would've liked to see more sources and more information, as well as maybe a list of various Issue Networks that exist and have existed in the past.
 * One of the citations seems to be outdated and not going to the right website, but the other links work. To me it doesn't seem like there is any plagiarism going on in the article.
 * One of the links doesn't work and it seems like the website has been moved to an other page. More sources and information could be added, maybe some quotes or actions that Issue Networks have accomplished.