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The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Europe : Comparing Engagements in Policy Advisory Systems.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brans, Marleen.
Other Authors: Timmermans, Arco.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Europe
  • Foreword: The Special Character of Political Science
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Part I: From Theory to Empirical Analysis of Advisory Roles
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 The Matter of Research
  • 1.2 Genealogy and Diffusion of the Discipline of Political Science in Europe
  • 1.3 A Consolidated Academic Discipline, a Focus on External Engagement
  • 1.4 Academics Taking Advisory Roles
  • 1.5 Advisory Roles and Empirical Data
  • 1.6 Looking Into Countries: A Systematic Approach
  • References
  • Chapter 2: A Theoretical Perspective on the Roles of Political Scientists in Policy Advisory Systems
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Policy Advisory Systems
  • 2.3 What Is Policy Advice?
  • 2.3.1 Scope of Policy Advice
  • 2.3.2 Content of Advice
  • 2.3.3 Channels of Advice
  • 2.4 Advisory Roles of Academic Political Scientists
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Strategy of Data Collection and Analysis for Comparing Policy Advisory Roles
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A Large Scale Survey for Comparable Data Across Countries
  • 3.2.1 Survey Questions on Professional Role Perception and Visibility
  • 3.2.2 Survey Questions on Dimensions of Advising
  • 3.2.3 Background Variables for Analytical Leverage
  • 3.3 Connecting Dimensions of Advice to Measuring Role Types
  • 3.4 The Political Science Community in the Survey
  • 3.5 Towards Country Analysis
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: Country Studies of Advisory Roles
  • Chapter 4: Removing Political Barriers to Engagement: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Albania
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Political Science as an Emerging Discipline in Albania's Academia
  • 4.3 The Policy Advisory System
  • 4.4 Evidence-Based Policy Making in Albania.
  • 4.5 Political Scientists: Types of Advisory Role, Activities and Viewpoints
  • 4.6 Discussion
  • 4.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Resisting Devolution? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Belgium
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Features of the Belgian Policy Advisory System: Tradition and Trends
  • 5.2.1 Federalism
  • 5.2.2 Consensualism
  • 5.2.3 Partitocracy
  • 5.2.4 Trends
  • 5.3 The Belgian Policy Advisory System: Location and Configuration
  • 5.3.1 Government Arena
  • 5.3.2 Societal Arena
  • 5.3.3 Intersections Between Arenas: Political Scientists in Think Tanks, Advisory Bodies and Applied Research Institutes
  • 5.4 Roles and Advisory Activities of Political Scientists
  • 5.4.1 Highly-Active Scholars
  • 5.4.2 Distribution of Advisory Roles and the Demographics of Ideal Types
  • 5.4.3 Channels of Advice Across Types of Role
  • 5.5 Resisting Devolution? Policy Advice by Political Scientists Across the Language Divide
  • 5.5.1 Advisory Profile and Activities of Dutch-Speaking and French-Speaking Political Scientists
  • 5.5.2 The Locus of Belgian Political Science Advice: Federal or Devolved?
  • 5.5.3 Diverging Opinions on the Relevance of Advisory Activities
  • 5.5.4 The Pavia Group Advice to Install a Federal Electoral District
  • 5.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Restrained Wisdom or Not? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Denmark
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Existing Images of the Advisory Role of Political Scientists in Denmark
  • 6.2.1 The Danish Policy Advisory System
  • 6.2.2 Political scientists vis-à-vis other scientists as policy advisors
  • 6.3 Surveying Advisory Activities of Political Scientists
  • 6.3.1 Activities and Role Types
  • 6.4 Normative Conceptions of Advisory Roles
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References.
  • Chapter 7: A Small Discipline, Scarce Publicity, and Compromised Outward Reach: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in France
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The Position of Political Scientists Within the French Policy Advisory System
  • 7.2.1 Characteristics of the French Policy Advisory System
  • 7.2.2 Access Points and Venues for the Provision of Advice by Political Scientists
  • 7.3 The Characteristics and Visibility of French Political Science
  • 7.4 Descriptive Analysis of the Survey Data
  • 7.4.1 Normative Attitudes Towards Advisory Activities and Involvement in Public Debate: A Taste for Engagement
  • 7.4.2 Types of Advisory Activity
  • 7.4.3 Substantive Topics of Advice
  • 7.4.4 Recipients of Political Scientists' Advice and Levels of Governance
  • 7.4.5 Channels of Advice Delivery
  • 7.5 Capturing Views and Activities in Main Policy Advisory Roles
  • 7.6 Institutional Reform and Involvement in Public Debate
  • 7.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Webpages
  • Chapter 8: Driven by Academic Norms and Status of Employment: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Germany
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The German Policy Advisory System
  • 8.2.1 German Political Science and Policy Advice
  • 8.3 Expectations and Research Design
  • 8.3.1 Research Design
  • 8.4 Empirical Patterns
  • 8.4.1 Descriptive Results from the Survey
  • 8.4.2 Factors Influencing Policy Advisory Activities
  • 8.4.3 Ideal Types of Policy Advisory Role
  • 8.5 A Case Study of Advice on the Rise of Populism
  • 8.6 Conclusion: Tenured Academics in a Castle? Advisory Roles in Germany
  • References
  • Sources
  • Chapter 9: Coping with a Closed and Politicized System: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Hungary
  • 9.1 Introduction: An Emerging Discipline in a Democratic System Under Pressure
  • 9.2 The Policy Advisory System and Political Scientists in Hungary.
  • 9.2.1 Political and Public Arenas
  • 9.2.2 Expectations on Advising Activities
  • 9.3 Empirical Patterns of Advising
  • 9.3.1 Frequency and Content of Advice
  • 9.3.2 The Supply Aspects of Advice
  • 9.3.3 Advisory Demand and Features of Advice
  • 9.3.4 Determinants and Alternative Strategies of Access
  • 9.4 Discussion: Towards a Populist Policy Advisory System?
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Of Pure Academics and Advice Debutants: The Policy Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Italy
  • 10.1 The Policy Advisory Roles of Italian Political Scientists
  • 10.1.1 The Italian Policy Advisory System
  • 10.1.2 Italian Political Scientists in the Policy Advisory System
  • 10.2 Political Scientists: Types of Advisory Role in Italy
  • 10.3 The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists As Taken up in Current Debates
  • 10.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 11: The New Abundance of Policy Advice: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Norway
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Policy Advisory Roles, Arenas and Systems
  • 11.3 The Configuration of the Norwegian Policy Advisory System
  • 11.4 The Policy Advisory Roles of Expert Political Scientists
  • 11.4.1 Normative Views on Advisory Activities and Public Debate
  • 11.4.2 What Kinds of Advisory Activities Are Norwegian Political Scientists Engaged in, and How Often?
  • 11.4.3 At What Level, and with Which Actors, Do Norwegian Political Scientists Engage in Advisory Activities?
  • 11.5 The Provision of Academic Expert Advice Through Advisory Bodies and Commissions
  • 11.6 RCN and Programme Research: A New Interface for Expert Advice
  • 11.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 12: In Search of Relevance: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Spain
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Opportunities and Limitations on Advice by Political Scientists in Spain.
  • 12.3 The Advisory Activities of Spanish Political Scientists: Research Questions and Hypotheses
  • 12.4 Data and Methods
  • 12.5 Descriptive Analysis
  • 12.6 Explanatory Analysis
  • 12.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Polder Politics Under Pressure: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the Netherlands
  • 13.1 The Embedding of Advisory Roles
  • 13.2 The Institutionalization of Political Science in Dutch Academia
  • 13.3 The Dutch Policy Advisory System
  • 13.3.1 Expectations on the Advisory Roles of Political Scientists
  • 13.4 Policy Advising and Public Engagement by Dutch Political Scientists
  • 13.4.1 Estimated Visibility and Impact
  • 13.4.2 Engagement in Different Types of Advisory Activity
  • 13.4.3 Recipients and Channels of Advice
  • 13.4.4 Reasons for Engaging in Advisory Activities
  • 13.5 Types of Scholars in Advising
  • 13.5.1 Age, Gender, and Role Types
  • 13.5.2 A Segmented Discipline and Advisory Roles
  • 13.6 Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Changing Policy Advisory Dynamics in the 2000s: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Turkey
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 Turkey's Changing Policy Advisory System
  • 14.2.1 Changes in Turkey's System of Government
  • 14.2.2 Changes in Policy Style
  • 14.2.3 Basics of the Policy Advisory System
  • 14.3 A Locational Model of the Policy Advisory System in Turkey
  • 14.3.1 Government Arena
  • 14.3.2 Societal Arena
  • 14.3.3 Intersecting Areas
  • 14.4 The Policy Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Turkey
  • 14.4.1 The ProSEPS Survey Instrument
  • 14.4.2 Key Characteristics of Political Scientists Assuming Advisory Roles
  • 14.4.3 Recipients of Advice
  • 14.4.4 Types of Advisory Activity
  • 14.4.5 The Predominant Type
  • 14.4.6 Normative Perceptions of Policy Advice Giving
  • 14.5 Conclusions
  • References.
  • Chapter 15: Making Political Science Matter: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the United Kingdom.

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