A “Power and Influence” political archetype: the dynamics of public support

Robert Y. Cavana; Vicky E. Forgie; Marjan van den Belt; John R. Cody; Alvaro J. Romera; Keming Wang; Chris A. Browne

doi:10.1002/sdr.1618

A “Power and Influence” political archetype: the dynamics of public support

Robert Y. Cavana^*, Vicky E. Forgie, Marjan van den Belt, John R. Cody, Alvaro J. Romera, Keming Wang, Chris A. Browne

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Systems archetypes are effective in communicating complex behaviour with relatively simple structures, across a wide range of topics. The “power dynamics” between different power holders are critically important in decision making when it comes to formulating and implementing policies. This topic was explored at a four-day Australasian systems workshop run in New Zealand. A synthesis approach was combined with analytical procedures from system dynamics (SD). Building on Rahn's “Fear and Greed” political archetype, a conceptual “Power and Influence” political archetype was developed. This political archetype shows the impact of public support. It is used to analyse a crowdfunding story in New Zealand. A small SD concept model was subsequently constructed to test this story and evaluate alternative public support scenarios. A library of political archetypes and concept models would be an asset for the field of SD and provide a means of synthesising insights from case studies and social theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-103
Number of pages	34
Journal	System Dynamics Review
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1618
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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