"Public Policy is Like Having a Vaudeville Act": Languages of Duty and Difference among Think Tank-Affiliated Policy Experts

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-562

  Medvetz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; Intellectuals; Knowledge production; Policy experts; Think tanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249235573     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-010-9166-9     Document Type: Article

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