In the backstage of influence and policy marketing. Collusive transactions and action-oriented knowledge at Epode European Network

Alam, Thomas

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Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks 2021

DOI: 10.4337/9781789909234.00013

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In the backstage of influence and policy marketing. Collusive transactions and action-oriented knowledge at Epode European Network

Thomas Alam¹

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“…One enduring question regarding this relationship between social orders and knowledge is the extent to which the holders of economic power shape the supply of dominant policy advice in modern capitalist democracies. A related albeit narrower question is whether policy analysis units like think tanks represent business interests (Alam, 2021;Hauck & Resende, 2021;Plehwe, 2021;Salas-Porras, 2021).…”

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Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests? The Co-evolution of Policy Learning and Economic Elites in the Canadian Knowledge Regime

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2021

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Business-backed think tanks are often presented as representing the interests of economic elites. This article provides a more nuanced argument by using field theory to present the co-evolutionary dynamics between economic elites and other social forces. Three Canadian think tanks are examined to illustrate how different social forces can converge around business-backed think tanks, and how governance contexts and institutions shape these relationships. The paper also reflects on the kinds of learning these think tanks can enable depending on the kinds of actors that converge around them and on the forms of power that these actors represent.

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Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests? The Co-evolution of Policy Learning and Economic Elites in the Canadian Knowledge Regime

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2021

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Aux marges de la recherche et de la politique : la nature et les limites de la figure du think tank

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2022

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In the backstage of influence and policy marketing. Collusive transactions and action-oriented knowledge at Epode European Network

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Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests? The Co-evolution of Policy Learning and Economic Elites in the Canadian Knowledge Regime

Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests? The Co-evolution of Policy Learning and Economic Elites in the Canadian Knowledge Regime

Aux marges de la recherche et de la politique : la nature et les limites de la figure du think tank

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