Determinants of the Policy Impact of Analytical Communities in Russian Regions: Cases of Karelia, Tatarstan and Saratov

Zaytsev Dmitry () and Belyaeva Nina ()
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Zaytsev Dmitry: International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, Public Policy Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
Belyaeva Nina: Public Policy Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Central European Journal of Public Policy, 2017, vol. 11, issue 2, 23-42

Abstract: This paper evaluates the policy impact of analytical communities in three Russian regions (Karelia, Tatarstan and Saratov). Based on the existing methods to assess the political power of think tanks, the authors develop a method to evaluate this impact. The authors test this method using the empirical data and findings from interviews, workshops with representatives of analytical communities of the three regions, and from observations and assessments of experts in regional politics. In conclusion, the authors argue that the capacity of analytical communities to impact policy change in a region depends on the level of political competition and pluralism and democratic institutions in the region; the level of consolidation of the analytical community, its autonomous political status and authority.

Keywords: Think tanks; analytical communities; political power; influence; policy impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/cejpp-2016-0033

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