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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Routledge Research in Comparative Politics |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Thinking about think tanks; Who is asking these questions?; What is a think tank?; Approaching the study of think tanks; 2 The roles and goals of American think tanks; Introduction; The American think tank landscape; American think tanks and their political-institutional context; Seeking to be 'heard': what do American think tanks 'do'?; How do American think tanks seek to impact policy?; Formal; Informal; Who is paying for American think tanks?; Conclusion |
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3 How do American think tanks gauge their success?Introduction; A difficult relationship: think tanks and 'influence'; How do American think tanks gauge their success?; Quantitative measures of influence; Qualitative measures of influence; The push to quantification; Conclusion; 4 The roles and goals of supranational think tanks; Introduction; What constitutes a supranational think tank, and how many are there?; What roles do supranational think tanks play, and how?; A note on 'policy networks'; Supranational think tanks and policy networks |
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Supranational think tanks and 'knowledge management'Who pays for supranational think tanks?; Conclusion; 5 How do supranational think tanks gauge their success?; Introduction; What does policy networking 'success' look like?; Supranational think tanks and the success of policy networking; Gauging success of policy networking; 'Events' as indicative of policy networks; Quantitative indicators of think tanks' events; Qualitative indicators of think tanks' events; 'Membership' as indicative of policy networks; Quantitative indicators of 'membership'; Qualitative indicators of 'membership' |
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Supranational think tanks and the success of 'knowledge management'Conclusion; 6 How do American and supranational think tanks differ?; Introduction; How do American and supranational think tanks differ?; The roles of American and supranational think tanks; What role do American think tanks pursue?; What role do supranational think tanks pursue?; The priorities of American and supranational think tanks; Priorities of American think tanks; Priorities of supranational think tanks; American and supranational think tanks' main constituencies; 'Output constituencies'; 'Donor constituencies' |
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Conclusion7 Why are American and supranational think tanks different, and what are the implications?; Introduction; Institutional factors affecting think tank behavior; The EU's 'democratic deficit'; Institutionalized credibility and think tanks; Political cultural factors affecting think tank behavior; Pluralist capitalist vs. consociational political culture; Adversarial vs. consensual political culture; Further implications of institutional and political culture differences; Think tanks and competition; Think tanks and original policy solutions; Think tanks and collaboration; Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Why do US and EU think tanks diverge in their roles, priorities, and main constituencies? Providing the first substantive analytical comparison of think tanks in Washington and Brussels, this book explores the differences that exist and why they developed. Two principal variables are identified - institutional credibility and political culture - as a measure of comparison between the two think tank models. Supranational think tanks have an inherent credibility with the institutions of the EU, which allows them to direct their resources and efforts to activities and outputs where they hold a comparative advantage. US think tanks lack such institutional recognition and so need to prove their credibility to their main constituencies. The result is that an adversarial and individualistic political culture has informed the norms and activities of Washington think tanks while the consensus-driven and collectivist political culture of Europe has influenced supranational think tanks. Think tanks are far from newcomers to the public policy scene, but our broader understanding of their role, structure and how they assess their own achievements is not yet fully developed. By providing a framework within which to analyse this, this book will be of interest to academics, students and policy experts working within public policy, comparative politics and political science more generally."--Provided by publisher |
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Policy sciences -- Research -- United States
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Policy sciences -- Research -- European Union countries
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Research institutes -- United States
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Research institutes -- European Union countries
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Policy sciences -- Research
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Research institutes
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European Union countries
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315167961 |
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1315167964 |
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