Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Europe

Marleen Brans is Professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium. Arco Timmermans is Professor of Public Affairs at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

• Part I From Theory to Empirical Analysis of Advisory Roles.- 1. Introduction, Arco Timmermans and Marleen Brans.- 2. A Theoretical Perspective on the Roles of Political Scientists in Policy Advisory Systems, Marleen Brans, Arco Timmermans, and Athanassios Gouglas.- 3.Strategy of Data Collection and Analysis for Comparing Policy Advisory Roles, Marleen Brans, Arco Timmermans, and José Real-Dato.- Part II Country Studies of Advisory Roles.- 4. Removing Political Barriers to Engagement: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Albania, Nevila Xhindi and Blerjana Bino.- 5. Resisting Devolution? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Belgium, Marleen Brans, David Aubin, and Ellen Fobé.- 6. Restrained Wisdom or Not? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Denmark, Morten Kallestrup.- 7. A Small Discipline, Scarce Publicity, and Compromised Outward Reach: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in France, Pierre Squevin and David Aubin.- 8. Driven by Academic Norms and Status of Employment: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Germany, Sonja Blum and Jens Jungblut.- 9. Coping with a Closed and Politicized System: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Hungary, Gábor Tamás Molnár.- 10. Of Pure Academics and Advice Debutants: The Policy Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Italy, Andrea Pritoni and Maria Tullia Galanti.- 11. The New Abundance of Policy Advice: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Norway, Ivar Bleiklie and Svein Michelsen.- 12. In Search of Relevance: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Spain, José Real-Dato.- 13. Polder Politics Under Pressure: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the Netherlands, Valérie Pattyn and Arco Timmermans.- 14. Changing Policy Advisory Dynamics in the 2000s: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Turkey, Caner Bakir and H. Tolga Bolukbasi.- 15. Making Political Science Matter: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the United Kingdom, Matthew Flinders, Justyna Bandola-Gill, and Alexandra Anderson.- Part III Patterns Across Countries in Europe.- 16. The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Comparative Perspective, Arco Timmermans, Marleen Brans, and José Real-Dato.