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dc.contributor.authorMedina-Iborra, Iván
dc.contributor.authorGuttormsen, David S.A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-24T14:37:29Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIf politics is about transforming ‘reality’, then think tanks are in the business of interpreting politics. However, there is a lack of research dealing with the way think tanks disseminate ideas. Although think tanks are publicly recognised, researchers face a number of difficulties in determining their exact impact on the policy process. As think tanks are mostly concerned with the climate of opinion, we aim to explore the ‘visibility’ and ‘activity’ of a comparable sample of three United Kingdom (UK) foreign policy think tanks, namely Chatham House, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. These are ranked amongst the most influential ‘foreign affairs’ think tanks in the UK. ‘Visibility’ signals the presence of think tanks on the Internet and in the media. ‘Activity’ reflects the understanding of ‘the political’ as outcomes generated by their publications, and networking activities of their members and staff. For this purpose, we combine the usage of digital methods for ‘visibility aspects’, and elite methods for ‘activity aspects’ as a means to explore a possible reconceptualisation of ‘influence’ by encouraging the academic debate to approach this concept beyond the conventional quantitative and/or self-referential inquiry.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 7, Issue 1en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/16602
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Manchesteren_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.politicalperspectives.org.uk/en_GB
dc.subjectthink tanksen_GB
dc.subjectforeign policyen_GB
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen_GB
dc.subjectChatham Houseen_GB
dc.subjectInternational Institute for Strategic Studiesen_GB
dc.subjectRoyal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studiesen_GB
dc.titleVisibility and activity: foreign affairs think tanks in the United Kingdomen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2015-03-24T14:37:29Z
dc.contributor.editorMaltby, T
dc.identifier.issn2049-081X
exeter.article-number4
dc.descriptionpublication-status: Publisheden_GB
dc.descriptiontypes: Articleen_GB
dc.descriptionpeer-reviewed electronic journal publishing postgraduate research in the field of politicsen_GB
dc.identifier.journalPolitical Perspectivesen_GB


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