issue may often find itself in an influential position because of that fact. 

 The power to persuade is directly related to the the ability to convince 

 others--and in resource issues, this necessarily involves data collection, 

 interpretation, and dissemination. The more capable an organization is in 

 this regard, the more likely it will be able to persuade others (Benveniste 

 1977). 



The third category of power-related questions concerns the amount and 

 type of clientele or interest group support (referred to within LIAM as 

 "constituency support") an organization has behind it in general, but 

 especially with regard to the conflict at issue. This part of the question- 

 naire is separated from the previous two, and begins by asking the user to 

 identify the support groups associated with the organization. These can be 

 groups that are already tangential ly involved in the conflict and that may 

 support the organization because of similarity of goals, or groups may become 

 involved at some point in the future on behalf of the organization and its 

 goals. The respondent should attempt to identify and list both types of 

 support groups that are associated with the organization he is analyzing. If 

 none are identified, the computer assumes a zero score for power in this 

 category. 



Once again, a series of questions or statements is presented to the 

 respondent, asking the degree to which each applies to the relationship between 

 the organization being analyzed and its support groups. These questions 

 concern the type and number of support groups; the degree of involvement these 

 groups typically have in issues such as this, in terms of both frequency and 

 intensity of that involvement; group cohesiveness and organization; the level 

 of public support the groups have or are likely to be able to generate; and 

 the amount of political skill and prestige the groups generally have (Rourke 

 1976; Clarke and McCool 1985; Smith 198B). As each question is presented to 

 the respondent, he selects from the response choices offered the one that best 

 describes these groups in relation to the organization being analyzed. As was 

 the case with roles, an index score is constructed for each type of power 

 associated with an organization (resources, expertise, and constituency 

 support) . 



This process is repeated three times for each organization involved in 

 the dispute. Once this has been accomplished, the analyst has a complete file 

 on the conflict that contains all the necessary information to analyze the 

 conflict using Mapum. Prior to this, however, a user should examine the 

 information using the second major program, Looky. 



5 . 6 LOOKY 



"Looky" allows the analyst to "look" at the responses recorded in Query 

 prior to analysis — for purposes of review, rearrangement, or revision. A 

 number of options exist in this program. 



First, the list of organizations examined and the list of individual 

 respondents who answered the questions can be reviewed. This should be done 

 to ensure that each organization identified as important is contained in the 

 file and that each was examined (using Query) the requisite three times. 



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