So, within Advocacy Coalition Framework, coalitions must be formed. And this happens with self-conscious actors knowing that they have to stitch together groups that might not always agree on everything. Particularly skilled coalition formers – folks like Hugh Morgan, who has created/helped/transformed a long list of Australian think-tanks, academic groupings etc etc.
see for example – Ingold, K. 2011. Network Structures within Policy Processes: Coalitions, Power, and Brokerage in Swiss Climate Policy. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 39, (3), pp.435-459.
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