Dear colleagues
also with apologies for self-promotion and cross-posting I would like to draw attention to my book "Think-tanks, Social Democracy and Social Policy" - published by Palgrave Macmillan in April - which may be of interest to list members.
The book explores the way in which think-tanks made a difference to policy and politics. Think-tanks played a role in re-making the British Labour Party and German Social Democrats as 'Third Way' parties in the 1990s and 2000s. Think-tanks also helped to mould the 'workfare state' which is now characteristic of both countries. The book offers an insight into how think-tanks influenced decision-makers and how they were used by politicians and other elites to circumvent parliament and outmanoeuvre political parties. Based on over 50 interviews with policy-makers, civil servants, analysts from think-tanks and party politicians, this book is an informative analysis of the policy process in policy areas - labour market and social inclusion - that are of high relevance to social policy scholars working on the cross section of policy studies and politics.
A link to the publishers' website: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=493345
Thank you!
Best wishes
Hartwig Pautz
University of Strathclyde
School of Government and Public Policy
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