This article applies social network analysis and a Bourdieu-inspired understanding of think tanks to a particular historical period, the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009, when the neoliberal policy consensus was fractured and struggles to replace it by Keynesian policies ensued. The analysis finds that think tank and expert networks have played a key role in mobilising policy ideas, contesting or defending policy discourses. Experts advanced their proposals for policy changes in all those fields of power where they have gained a foothold. However, no consensus has been reached on monetary and fiscal policies, and the policy communities remain divided in these domains. Highlights • Interlocking activity in the American think tank network is highly concentrated in a few think tanks and experts. • Think tanks' most visible experts circulate through various fields of power mobilising policy ideas, contesting or defending policy discourses. • After de Financial Crisis of 2007-2009, no consensus has been reached among think tank experts, and the policy communities remain divided around monetary and fiscal policies.
Crecimiento, justicia distributiva y política social Andrés Solimano Equidad, inversión extranjera y competitividad internacional Adolfo Figueroa Tensiones en el ajuste estructural en América Latina: asignación vs. distribución
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