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Public Policy is Like Having a Vaudeville Act

Languages of Duty and Difference among Think Tank-Affiliated Policy Experts

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ID4245461
AutoresThomas Medvetz (0000-0003-2456-6765)
Ano2010
Volume33
Fascículo4
Páginas549-562
Data de publicação2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0162-0436 • E-ISSN: 1573-7837
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11133-010-9166-9
OpenAlexW1977641568
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas28
Referências citadas11

This research note uses in-depth interviews, ethnographic observations, and archival records to examine the self-understandings of think tank-affiliated policy experts. I argue that policy experts draw on a series of idioms-those of the academic scholar, the political aide, the entrepreneur, and the media specialist-to construct a unique albeit synthetic professional identity. The essence of the policy expert's role lies in a continuous effort to balance and reconcile the contradictory imperatives associated with these idioms. An analysis of the policy expert's mixed "professional psyche" offers a useful point of entry into the objective social structure of the think tank

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