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This network bases on the network data on 4747 members of the administrative elite in The Netherlands in April 2006.

Background:

The data was collected by the major Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant as a special journalistic project led by Wilco Dekker and Ben van Raaij. The project yielded 10 full-page articles in de Volkskrant (22/4/2006, 29/4/2006, 6/5/2006, 13/5/2006, 20/5/2006, 27/5/2005, 3/6/2006, 10/6/2006), which were collected and extended in a book: Wilco Dekker & Ben van Raaij, De elite. De Volkskrant Top 200 van invloedrijkste Nederlanders (Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 2006).

Network image:

History:

• Collected and stored in Pajek format by W. de Nooy, April 2006.
• Improved Pajek format by V. Batagelj, 1. March 2007.

References:

• W. de Nooy: Elite research (April - June, 2006)
• W. de Nooy: Interlock formation An actor-oriented approach, Barcelona 2006.
• See also Politics & Interlocking Directorates website.
• W. de Nooy: Netherlands Elites, 2005 University of Manchester, Wednesday March 8th, 2006. The presentation contains SVG files that are rendered best with Internet Explorer using the latest SVG plugin from Adobe.
• Wilco Dekker & Ben van Raaij (2006) De elite. De Volkskrant Top 200 van invloedrijkste Nederlanders, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff.
• W. de Nooy, 'Ringen om de macht', published in the aforementioned book, pp. 85-94.

More information:

• http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/data/2mode/DutchElite.htm
• Detailed data description