French business leaders and think tanks

Comet, Catherine

Document type :

Autre communication scientifique (congrès sans actes - poster - séminaire...): Communication dans un congrès sans actes

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/20300

Title :

French business leaders and think tanks

Author(s) :

Comet, Catherine [Auteur]

Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]

Conference title :

Sunbelt, INSNA Conference

City :

Hamburg

Country :

Allemagne

Start date of the conference :

2013

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

English abstract : [en]

Think tanks have experienced a significant development in France for 20 years. Some promote neoliberal ideas such as the Institut Montaigne, whereas some others are more progressive as Terra Nova. We aim at analyzing the ...
Show more >Think tanks have experienced a significant development in France for 20 years. Some promote neoliberal ideas such as the Institut Montaigne, whereas some others are more progressive as Terra Nova. We aim at analyzing the involvement of business leaders in the boards of these organizations, in order to highlight their political mobilization. From the composition of the 70 main think tank boards in 2008, we investigate the network structure of board co-memberships. Then we focus on the position of business leaders in this network. Finally, we look at the role of executive and non-executive directors of the 100 main companies in France. Despite their heterogeneity, most think tanks are rather well integrated thanks to their common board members. And business leaders play a major role in this cohesion. They stand at more central positions than the other categories of members (political leaders, scholars, journalists, bureaucrats…). Furthermore the interlinkages among them are more cohesive and centralized. These results illustrate the relational proximity of the business elite with the political and intellectual elites in particular. But they also reflect a better capacity from business leaders to defend their own ideas and values through these organizations, generally talking in the name of a so-called general interest.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Research team(s) :

Mondes du travail et mondes privés

Submission date :

2020-04-30T09:55:14Z
2020-05-05T08:15:58Z

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