Think Tanks, Business and Civil Society: The Ethics of Promoting Pro-corporate Ideologies
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-018-4007-y
Abstract: Think tanks became key political and economic actors during the twentieth century, creating and occupying an intellectual and political position between academic institutions, the state, civil society, and public debate on organization and management. Think… read more here.
Keywords: pro corporate; civil society; corporate ideologies; business ... See more keywords
Appraising the Epistemic Performance of Social Systems: The Case of Think Tank Evaluations
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DOI: 10.1017/epi.2020.16
Abstract: This article elaborates a conceptual framework to systematize the epistemic evaluation of social systems. This framework can be used to structure an evaluation or to characterize and assess existing ones. The article then uses the… read more here.
Keywords: social systems; appraising epistemic; think tank; think tanks ... See more keywords
Manufacturing ignorance: think tanks, climate change and the animal-based diet
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DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2021.1933842
Abstract: Despite the evidence concerning the substantial greenhouse gases emissions resulting from animal-based food production, climate policies and institutions around the world have barely made an issue ... read more here.
Keywords: ignorance think; animal based; tanks climate; animal ... See more keywords
ASEAN think tanks, policy change and economic cooperation: from the Asian financial crisis to the global financial crisis
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DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2017.1397394
Abstract: Abstract Using discourse institutionalism this article traces how Asian think tanks have provided valuable input for informing and articulating alternative economic narratives in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) and the Global… read more here.
Keywords: policy; financial crisis; asian financial; think tanks ... See more keywords
Think tanks in ‘hard times’ – the Global Financial Crisis and economic advice
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DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2018.1487181
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession that ensued had reverberations that were not only social, political and economic. The crises also led to increased doubt in the value and usefulness… read more here.
Keywords: policy; financial crisis; great recession; think tanks ... See more keywords
Experts or Advocates: Shifting Roles of Central Sources Used by Journalists in News Stories?
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DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1695537
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study empirically examines suspected shifts in journalist practices in western democracies regarding the granting of expert, vis-á-vis advocate, roles to central social actor types used as sources in news stories: interest groups, think… read more here.
Keywords: news; roles central; shifting roles; think tanks ... See more keywords
Grounding the political spectrum: how three Canadian think tanks integrate social space
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2019.1599975
Abstract: ABSTRACT Building on Bourdieu’s Field Theory and on Thomas Medvetz’s study of American think tanks, this article introduces the concept of modalities of integration to examine how a selection of three Canadian think tanks have… read more here.
Keywords: spectrum three; political spectrum; three canadian; canadian think ... See more keywords
Proximity and distance: Think tanks handling the independence paradox
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DOI: 10.1111/gove.12503
Abstract: The credibility of think tanks is grounded in their image as independent experts. In order to gain authority to act, think tanks must be seen as independent, but in order to exert influence and gai… read more here.
Keywords: independence paradox; distance think; proximity distance; think tanks ... See more keywords
Think tanks and the pedagogical dispositions and strategies of socially critical researchers: A case study of inequalities in schooling
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DOI: 10.1177/1478210317745968
Abstract: This paper is motivated by a shared concern over the apparent lack of inclusion of socially critical research in educational policy intended to address inequitable outcomes from schooling. We recognise that while this is partly… read more here.
Keywords: socially critical; policy; pedagogical dispositions; dispositions strategies ... See more keywords
Three Types of Denial: Think Tanks as a Reluctant Civil Society Elite
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DOI: 10.17645/pag.v8i3.3015
Abstract: Think tanks, or policy advice institutions, are civil society organizations producing and delivering social analysis to policymakers and the wider public. Their aim is to influence policy in a given direction. Compared to most other… read more here.
Keywords: civil society; three types; think tanks; denial think ... See more keywords
Role of Think Tanks in Turkish-Russian Relations: Case of 2015–2016 Crisis
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DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2023-67-4-109-122
Abstract: The article analyses the emergence and development of foreign policy think tanks in Russia and Turkey, as well as their role in the political decision-making process. According to the author, the reasons for the appearance… read more here.
Keywords: think tanks; two countries; crisis; role ... See more keywords