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.
Kelstrup is Assistant Professor with prior practical experience as a public official. His research has a strong emphasis on comparative and cross-disciplinary research and the mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. He has taken methods training in Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis (Nvivo) that he combines with statistical analysis (SPSS). He presents papers at international conferences such as the Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) and has been on research visits at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, the Free University of Berlin and the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He regularly comments on the development of think tanks in Danish newspapers, radio and television.
He has previously worked at both the state and local level of government in Denmark.
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