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Policy ExPErtisE in contEmPorary DEmocraciEs This page has been left blank intentionally Policy Expertise in contemporary Democracies Edited by stEPhEn Brooks University of Michigan, USA Dorota stasiak University of Warsaw, Poland tomasz zyro University of Warsaw, Poland © stephen Brooks, Dorota stasiak and tomasz zyro 2012 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. stephen Brooks, Dorota stasiak and tomasz zyro have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing company Wey court East 110 cherry street Union road suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, Vt 05401-3818 surrey, GU9 7Pt Usa England www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data British library cataloguing in Publication Data Policy expertise in contemporary democracies. 1. Policy scientists. 2. Government consultants. 3. Democracy. 4. Political science--Decision making. i. Brooks, stephen, 1956- ii. stasiak, Dorota. iii. zyro, tomasz. 320.6-dc23 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Policy expertise in contemporary democracies / [edited] by stephen Brooks, Dorota sta- siak, and tomasz zyro. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-1-4094-5250-8 (hardback) -- isBn 978-1-4094-5251-5 (ebook) 1. Policy sci- entists. 2. research institutes. 3. Policy sciences. 4. lobbying. 5. Democracy. i. Brooks, stephen, 1956- ii. stasiak, Dorota. iii. zyro, tomasz. JF1525.c6P647 2013 320.6--dc23 2012027741 isBn 9781409452508 (hbk) isBn 9781409452515 (ebook – PDF) isBn 9781409472964 (ebook – ePUB) I Printed and bound in Great Britain by the mPG Books Group, Uk. contents List of Figures and Tables vii Contributors ix Acknowledgements xiii introduction 1 PART I TheoReTICAL Issues 1 theoretical models and approaches to Understanding the role of lobbies and think tanks in Us Foreign Policy 9 Donald E. Abelson 2 the Political Expert: a soldier of Fortune 31 Tomasz Żyro 3 can the Philosopher Be a Political Expert? 45 Maciej Sadowski 4 Deliberating Experts Versus Political representation 57 Winfried Thaa 5 speaking truth to Power: the Paradox of the intellectual in the Visual information age 6 9 Stephen Brooks PART II NATIoNAL CAses 6 Do Policy Experts matter? lessons from canada and the United states 89 Donald E. Abelson 7 the canadian think tank scene: an insider’s Perspective 109 Janice Mackinnon vi Policy Expertise in Contemporary Democracies 8 Expert Policy advice in Germany 123 Martin W. Thunert 9 Determinants of German think tanks’ Public Policy roles 147 Josef Braml 10 Political Expertise in Poland in the Field of Foreign Policy and the Emergence of think tanks 165 Jacek Czaputowicz and Dorota Stasiak Bibliography 183 Index 199 list of Figures and tables Figures 9.1 Evolution of politically/ideologically identifiable (advocacy/party) and non-identifiable (academic/ contract research) think tanks in Germany 150 9.2 Us and German think tanks’ perception of their roles 153 9.3 Us and German think tanks’ “top 3” sources of income 154 9.4 Us and German think tanks’ constituencies/target groups 155 9.5 Geographic distribution of Us think tanks 158 9.6 Geographic distribution of German think tanks 159 9.7 Us and German think tanks’ perceptions of the media 161 10.1 number of think tanks created per year 179 Tables 8.1 German political foundations 139 9.1 Characteristics of distinct potential channels of influence 157 This page has been left blank intentionally contributors Donald Abelson is Professor, Department of Political science, Director, the canada-Us institute and Director, centre for american studies at the University of Western ontario. he is the author of several books, including Do Think Tanks Matter? Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes and A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks & US Foreign Policy. his work has also appeared in several journals, including Global Society, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Presidential Studies Quarterly and Canadian Public Administration. Dr. abelson is regularly called upon to provide media commentaries on a host of political issues relating to canada and the United states. he has also advised several think tanks both in canada and around the globe. Josef Braml joined the German council on Foreign relations in october 2006 as Editor-in-chief of the “Jahrbuch internationalePolitik,” and he is also a resident Fellow in the research Program Usa/transatlantic relations. Prior to joining the council, Dr. Braml was a research Fellow at the German institute for international and security affairs (stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, sWP), Berlin, the Project leader at the aspen institute Berlin, a Visiting scholar at the German-american center, a consultant at the World Bank, a Guest scholar at the Brookings institution, a congressional Fellow of the american Political science association (aPsa), and a member of the legislative staff in the Us house of representatives. he earned a Ph.D. in Political science (2001) and a masters in international Business and cultural studies, iBcs (1997) at the University of Passau. stephen Brooks is Professor, Department of Political science, University of Windsor and Director of the ottawa internship Program at the University of michigan. he is the author of a number of books, most recently Canadian Democracy, 7th edition (2011) and American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (2012). Jacek Czaputowicz is Director of the national school of Public administration and Professor, international relations Department, Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. he has authored or edited a number of academic publications, including Teorie stosunków międzynarodowych. Krytyka i systematyzacja (theories of international relations. criticism and systematisation) (2007, 2008); Polityka zagraniczna Polski. Unia Europejska. Stany Zjednoczone. Sąsiedzi (Poland’s Foreign Policy. European Union, United states, neighbours) (2008); and Administracja publiczna. Wyzwania w dobie integracji europejskiej (Public administration. challenges in the Era of European integration) (2008).
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