The Political Influence of Ideas

Policy Communities and the Social Sciences
Herausgeber: Brooks, Stephen; Gagnon, Alain-G

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection explores the various dimensions of social scientists' participation in policy-making, with special emphasis on their roles within policy communities and their relationship to the state. Several of the chapters examine the role of research institutes and think tanks within policy communities in the United States, Canada, and Eastern Europe. This book will appeal to readers interested in the sociology of knowledge and the policy-making process, particularly political scientists and sociologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780275943332
• ISBN-10: 027594333X
• Artikelnr.: 22434311

Autorenporträt

Stephen Brooks, Alain G. Gagnon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Policy Communities and the Social Sciences by Stephen Brooks
Theoretical Issues Rethinking Corporatism and Comparative Social Science:
An Old-New Approach by Fredrick Appel and Alain-G. Gagnon Policy Networks
and State Autonomy by Martin J. Smith New Social Movements and Routes to
Representation: Science versus Politics by Susan D. Phillips Ideas,
Institutions, and Innovation: Economic Policy in Canada and Sweden by Neil
Bradford The Role of Institutes Policy Research Institutes and Liberalized
International Services Exchange by Stephen D. McDowell Balancing Relevance
and Integrity: Social Scientists and Canada's Asia-Pacific Policy Community
by Evert A. Lindquist Foundations, Social Scientists, and Eastern Europe by
Joan Roelofs and Erkki Berndtson From Radio Research to Communications
Intelligence: Rockefeller Philanthropy, Communications Specialists and the
American Policy Community by William Buxton