Think tanks

Dorota Dakowska (1)

1 SAGE - Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe

Also sometimes called “laboratories of ideas,” think tanks have attracted a growing attention from scholars as they are increasingly visible in the public space. They have often been studied within a national framework, without a single universal definition. However, their relations with public authorities, with the academic field and with the media (including the European media) vary and deserve analysis on a case-by-case basis. The same applies to the uses of the term “think tank”, which involve strategies of positioning and of legitimization.

Mots clés: Sociology of Expertise; European Politics; European Union; Brussels

Mots clés: Expertise; Politique européenne; Union européenne; Think tanks; Bruxelles

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Science politique

Dorota Dakowska. Think tanks. Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, Hélène Michel. Dictionary of European Actors, Larcier, pp.363-365, 2015. ⟨hal-01184290⟩