This is an ambitious and important book brimming with insights about the development of think tanks, particularly at the EU level, which is new and unchartered territory for scholars. By blending insights from knowledge regime theory and governance theory Kelstrup advances the comparative analysis of think tanks in important directions.
John L. Campbell , Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College, and Professor of Political Economy, Copenhagen Business School
Jesper Dahl Kelstrups book is both a valuable addition to the literature on policy-making in the EU and a must-read for students and scholars of think tanks more generally. Impeccably researched, informative and insightful throughout, this volume sheds significant light on how and why think tanks exercise influence in the European policy process.
Ben Rosamond , University of Copenhagen
The think tank industry has come of age and as this book details, these organ-isations can sometimes pack a powerful punch in policy and politics. With this expanding industry we are witnessing a third generation of scholarly studies and through this book we find a new and promising research leader in Jesper Dahl Kelstrup. He provides a rich granularity in depicting the different think tank traditions in Europe and also significantly advances our understanding of the transnational dimensions of think tank activity. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in following the institutional pathways of think tank policy analysis in Europe.
Diane Stone , Centenary Research Professor at the Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis in the University of Canberra, Australia, and Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK
All over the world, think tanks have become part of the machinery of policy-making. In The Politics of Think Tanks in Europe , Jesper Dahl Kelstrup offers both a novel framework for studying these ambiguous creatures and a systematic, comparative analysis of their impact in Europe. This is a must-read for anyone concerned with the changing relationship between social knowledge and politics.
Tom Medvetz , Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, San Diego, USA
European think tanks studies are coming of age. Supranational policy arenas, multilevel governance and transnational policy have a profound impact on knowledge regimes. Kelstrup observes the ongoing transformation of think tank landscapes along Anglo-Saxon lines. This is a timely call for more transparency, and a stronger focus on transnational dimensions of think tanks in Europes public policy sphere.
Dieter Plehwe , Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
The Politics of Think Tanks in Europe
In the 21st century, think tanks have become more than a buzzword in European public discourse. They now play important roles in the policy-making process by providing applied research, building networks and advocating policies.
The book studies the development of think tanks and contemporary consequences in the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark and at the EU-level. A Continental think tank tradition in which the state plays a pivotal role and an Anglo-American tradition which facilitates interaction in public policy on market-like terms have shaped the development of think tanks. On the basis of a typology of think tanks, quantitative data and interviews with think tank practitioners, the interplay between state and market dynamics and the development of different types of think tanks is analysed. Although think tanks develop along different institutional trajectories, it is concluded that the Anglo-American tradition has had a significant, cross-cutting impact in Europe in recent years. The contention over the politics of think tanks runs deeper at the EU-level than in the member states and reflects disagreement over how the EU should develop in the future.
This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of political communication, public policy, European politics and comparative politics.
Jesper Dahl Kelstrup is Assistant Professor in Public Administration, Collaborative Governance and European Policy-making at the University of Roskilde, Denmark.
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Title: The politics of think tanks in Europe / Jesper Dahl Kelstrup.
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