TY - RPRT A1 - Stasiak, Dorota ED - Szczepański, Jarosław T1 - Think Tanks in Poland: Policy Experts at the Crossroads T2 - Polish Journal of Political Science N2 - Development of the think tank sector in post-communist states is, at times, regarded as a self-evident consequence of the processes of democratization. However, the specific “environment of obstacles and opportunities” makes it neither automatic, nor easy for think tanks of the region to join the policy game. In particular, it is not clear to what extent the think tanks in transition democracies can or should engage in strictly political disputes. The alleged shift from academic towards advocacy profiles that is said to characterize Western think tanks evokes numerous questions in post-communist settings. The paper provides an analysis of the development of the think tank sector in Poland and the challenges it faces on its way towards "maturity". It aims at getting some insights into perspectives of think tanks themselves. Building on a qualitative analysis of think tanks’ mission statements, survey data and interviews with think tank managers, it analyses how they construct their positions of policy experts at the crossroads between politics, science, business and the media. KW - Think tanks KW - Policy analysis KW - Expertise KW - Boundary work Y1 - 2014 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-16625 UR - http://www.pjps.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/PJPS_V2_I1_B5c.pdf SN - 2391-3991 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 94 EP - 140 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Stasiak, Dorota A1 - Czaputowicz, Jacek ED - Brooks, Stephen ED - Stasiak, Dorota ED - Żyro, Tomasz T1 - Political Expertise in Poland in the Field of Foreign Policy and the Emergence of Think Tanks T2 - Policy Expertise in Contemporary Democracies Y1 - 2013 SN - 9781409452508 SP - 165 EP - 182 PB - Ashgate CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Dorota, Stasiak A1 - Schober, Henrik ED - Falk, Svenja ED - Glaab, Manuela ED - Römmele, Andrea ED - Schober, Henrik ED - Thunert, Martin T1 - Going Beyond Evidence - Evaluation of and for Policy Advice T2 - Handbuch Politikberatung - 2nd completely revised edition Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-658-03482-5 PB - Springer VS CY - Wiesbaden ER -