The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite

Smith, G. C.; Smith, James

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“…Incluso, este cambio abrupto en las preferencias teóricas no ocurrió solo por una súbita reorientación del viento dentro de claustros, espacios académicos y otros entes que congregan las experticias económicas, sino que muchas veces se dio mediante una fuerte acción disciplinadora dentro y desde esos órganos, que pasó a ser ejercida en modo jerárquico desde el Banco Mundial/ Banco Internacional de Reconstrucción y Fomento, reducto de los usamericanos y del Fondo Monetario Internacional, tercerizado a los europeos, que rediseñó el entramado mundial capitalista tras Bretton Woods (SKLAR, 1980;COATS, 1986;SMITH, 1991;OVERBEEK, 1993;CORBALÁN, 2002;y PLEHWE, 2007).…”

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Trayectoria intelectual y política de Roberto Campos desde su narrativa del yo

Ramírez

2017

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A partir de la narrativa del yo, en el presente artículo, indagamos sobre el giro experimentado en el pensamiento y la acción pública de Roberto Campos, figura clave de la política económica brasileña en la última mitad del siglo pasado, en cuyo recorrido se deslizó desde posiciones próximas al Estructuralismo en su juventud para abrazar la variante más ortodoxa del Neoliberalismo más adelante, de modo militante. Al explicar las razones de esa transmutación, observamos que su trayectoria no fue solo una muestra individual, sino que ilustra, con sus matices particulares, los derroteros que siguieron en la región el campo de la economía de modo general, el de las políticas públicas y otras personalidades en particular, que también trazaron un curso semejante y pueden entenderse mejor a la luz de esta.

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Trayectoria intelectual y política de Roberto Campos desde su narrativa del yo

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2017

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“…With such a definition, frame researchers often advocate for causal effects of normative ideas (i.e., frames) in social policy (CAMPBELL, 2002;SCHÖN, 1994; SNOW et al., 1986) and economic policy (HALL, 1989;McNAMARA, 1998;SMITH, 1991). The connection between frames and policy is an important premise in the present work, as it contends that elite framing of poverty and inequality may affect the patterns of distribution and, ultimately, the scope of democracy.…”

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“…Elites present their cases to each other using arguments, ideas, values, and ideologies. As several authors in the frame literature argue, ideas carry political power (CAMPBELL, 2002;HALL, 1989;McNAMARA, 1998;SCHÖN, 1994;SMITH, 1991;SNOW et al, 1986). In this regard, framing is a key dimension of elite public debate, and consequently of elite action.…”

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“…Indeed "framing" is not a very precise concept and this is probably why it is widely used. Frames can be defined as principles that structure the interpretation of reality (REESE, 2007); they are also capable of shaping reality in a certain way (MATTHES, 2012).With such a definition, frame researchers often advocate for causal effects of normative ideas (i.e., frames) in social policy (CAMPBELL, 2002;SCHÖN, 1994; SNOW et al., 1986) and economic policy (HALL, 1989;McNAMARA, 1998;SMITH, 1991). The connection between frames and policy is an important premise in the present work, as it contends that elite framing of poverty and inequality may affect the patterns of distribution and, ultimately, the scope of democracy.…”

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Elite Framing of Inequality in the Press: Brazil and Uruguay Compared

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2016

Bras. Political Sci. Rev.

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Current elite studies argue that inequality produces negative externalities to elites, who may either promote democracy or adopt authoritarian measures in order to shield their interests from the actions of the rebellious poor. This article argues that elite framing of poverty and inequality in the press is a good thermometer of elite public response to such externalities. The press represents a communication tool shared by elites in the state, market, civil society, and, most evidently, the media itself. If inequality threatens elite rule, elites should share their concerns in order to move towards a solution. Since the literature links inequality and elite response, I propose undertaking a comparison of elite public responses to poverty and inequality in two South American cases with opposite records of inequality: Brazil and Uruguay. The article approaches elite framing of poverty and inequality in the press by analyzing opinion pieces and editorials in the main newspapers of both countries. Results invert the expected link between inequality and elite response. Elite framing of inequality in the Brazilian press did not suggest elite concern with externalities, neither an elite turn towards more democracy or authoritarianism. Contrastingly, a few Uruguayan elites did frame the poor as menacing.Keywords: Brazil; elites; inequality; press; Uruguay. [just] sitting there in their glory, and they think that they are trying to solve problems in the best way possible, but […] they don't know the communities, they don't even know everybody inside the state. Therefore, the most articulated layers of society, the ones that are able to make diverse pressures in an efficient way, are the ones that will be first and foremost beneficiated. (Extract from an in-depth interview with a male corporate leader from Brazil 1 ).he most popular models of elite behavior state that elites feel threatened by the poor in contexts of high income inequality and that significant political change is likely to follow-up threat perceptions (ACEMOGLU and ROBINSON, 2005;BOIX 2003). With that in mind, several elite studies use survey data and in-depth interviews as metrics of elite attitudes toward the poor (e.g., CLARKE and SISON, 2003;HOFFMANN-LANGE, 2010;HOSSAIN and MOORE, 2005;LÓPEZ, 2013aLÓPEZ, , 2014REIS, 2011;REIS and MOORE, 2005). This article proposes a different approach by examining insertions of elites in the editorial and op-ed pages of the press. It tests whether the basic premises of the mentioned models apply to Brazil and Uruguay in terms of the manner in which they frame poverty and inequality. I therefore take debates in the press as a proxy of elite public response to externalities of inequality.The Brazil-Uruguay comparison contrasts two opposite cases in South America.Brazil holds a record of high inequalities, while Uruguay poses a more homogeneous society and historically lower levels of income inequality. Moreover, Brazil is characterized by extreme levels of urban violence (BRINKS, 2008;CANO and SANTOS, 2007), which e...

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“…Dès la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, le think tank, en tant qu'unité de recherche institutionnalisée, fait son apparition aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni de même que dans d'autres pays membres du Commonwealth britannique, dont le Canada et l'Australie (Smith, 1991). Par contre, l'usage du terme think tank pour désigner des organismes comme la Russell Sage Foundation et le Council on Foreign Relations émerge plus tard, lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (Halfmann et Hoppe, 2004).…”

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Cet article fait état d’une recension des écrits effectuée pour le Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) autour du phénomène des laboratoires d’idées ou think tanks. Cette recension visait à identifier la forme de laboratoire d’idées en mesure de favoriser la prestation de soins de santé linguistiquement et culturellement appropriés dans les communautés d’expression française du Canada. Les écrits recensés font état de l’évolution du think tank classique vers des communautés de recherche axées sur un virage pragmatique qui redéfinit le savoir universitaire en fonction des besoins des usagers. Les pratiques transformatrices liées à cette démocratisation du savoir innovent en raison de leurs approches systémiques et organisationnelles envers la résolution de problèmes culturels.This article provides a literature review on the phenomenon of think tanks which was prepared for the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS). The aim was to identify think tank formats that are best able to facilitate the delivery of linguistically and culturally appropriate health services to French-language communities in Canada. The literature review tracked the evolution of traditional think tanks towards research communities focussed on a pragmatic shift that redefines academic knowledge according to user needs. The transformative practices emerging from this democratization of knowledge are innovative because of their systemic and organizational approaches to solving cultural issues

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The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite

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Trayectoria intelectual y política de Roberto Campos desde su narrativa del yo

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Elite Framing of Inequality in the Press: Brazil and Uruguay Compared

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