ABSTRACT
This chapter examines ways of delving deeply into the uniqueness of each stakeholder network. Network analysis applied to the social capital in stakeholder networks is very good at revealing similarities among socio-political messes in different parts of the world at different historical periods. Responses regarding the issues and priorities of stakeholders can be structured in ways that show which issues subsume others, and which concerns are seen as being at the root of others. The problems and priorities map shows that, as a community, Misimans feared that a failure to generate income would lead to "rascalism", sickness and infrastructure deterioration. The Stakeholder 360 questionnaire in the Misima study included open-ended questions about anticipated problems after the mine closure and what should be done to prepare for it. The laddering technique is a format for asking open-ended questions in one-on-one interviews. It assumes interviewees can make three levels of response, namely: attributes or issues; personal consequences or impacts; and values.
