Crisis and interest: the political economy of think tanks during the great recession

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• dc.contributor.author Parrilla i Guix, Ricardca
• dc.contributor.author Almiron, Núria, 1967-ca
• dc.contributor.author Xifra, Jordica
• dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-15T14:12:32Z
• dc.date.available 2017-11-15T14:12:32Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description.abstract This article analyzes the inputs and constituencies (funding, founders, trustees, and experts) of the most influential group of think tanks in Spain during the great recession (2008-2015) in order to assess how far these think tanks were connected to other interest groups providing support for neoliberal policies. The aim of the article is to advance knowledge on think tank theory and it addresses three research goals: (a) assessing how far Spanish think tanks are affected by political clientelism and financialization, (b) identifying those actors who direct Spanish think tanks and collaborate with them, and (c) assessing the think tanks’ connections with international lobbying networks. Our results show that the think tanks studied are consistently related to three types of actor—political, economic, and academic—while also maintaining strong ties with the media. In this regard, their main traits are a pluralism biased toward right and center-left stances, state and party clientelism, the financial and political instrumentalization of party tanks, and the superior ability of conservative tanks to build network coalitions.
• dc.description.sponsorship The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Innovation under Grant ECO2012-34490 (a 3-year R+D project for 2013-2016).
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• dc.identifier.citation Parrilla R, Almiron N, Xifra J. Crisis and interest: the political economy of think tanks during the great recession. Am Behav Sci. 2016;60(3):340-59. DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613404
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764215615161
• dc.identifier.issn 0002-7642
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33240
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publicationsca
• dc.relation.ispartof Am Behav Sci. 2016;60(3):340-59.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/ECO2012-34490
• dc.rights The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in American Behavioral Scientist, 60/3, March/2016 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2015 SAGE Publications
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• dc.subject.keyword Think tanks
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.subject.keyword Neoliberal agenda
• dc.subject.keyword Washington Consensus
• dc.subject.keyword Great recession
• dc.title Crisis and interest: the political economy of think tanks during the great recessionca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion