ABSTRACT
Two objections are often raised to the network approach. The first is that the process and the game of decision making are more important than the content of decision making in networks. When facts and causalities are contested, when they are social constructions of the actors involved and are therefore negotiable, the result may be a lack of interest in facts and causalities. Everybody constructs their own reality and policy analysts – scientists, national planning and budgeting offices – are derided as number crunchers and bean counters.
