THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THINK TANKS IN THE EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2017.1.02Keywords:
Think tanks, European governance, policy networks, power dependence, knowledgeAbstract
The complex nature of the European Union has mainly been theorized through the governance process. In a global perspective, the concept of governance refers to an interdependence between state and non-state actors. The aim of this article is to investigate theoretical perspectives about actions of think tanks in a governance process. It shall be focused on think tanks, analysed as knowledge organizations. Therefore, this article shall investigate the strategies developed by think tanks in order to create a power dependency in the European governance.
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