From Research Funding to Public Relations: The Making of a Food Industry Think Tank in 1970s France
Thomas Depecker
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Marc-Olivier Déplaude
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Nicolas Larchet
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Résumé
Appearing first in the United States before spreading to the rest of the world in the 1970s, think tanks have played a major role in the political strategies of corporations at a time when social movements called for a stronger regulation of their activities. Research on think tanks analyzes them as organizations that aim to influence public authorities in the field of ideas. As it focuses on their public activities, it says little about their internal operation, by which members from different backgrounds negotiate their participation. Through a case study of an organization founded in 1974 by French and multinational food companies, we view think tanks as “negotiated orders”, i.e., as places and products of continuous negotiation among their members. The major challenge for the food company executives who created the think tank in question was that of convincing academics to join it and to contribute to its activities. This chapter analyzes successive negotiations between these actors, both on the shape of the organization itself and on the content of its activities, which evolved from research funding to public relations in line with industry priorities.
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Appearing first in the United States before spreading to the rest of the world in the 1970s, think tanks have played a major role in the political strategies of corporations at a time when social movements called for a stronger regulation of their activities. Research on think tanks analyzes them as organizations that aim to influence public authorities in the field of ideas. As it focuses on their public activities, it says little about their internal operation, by which members from different backgrounds negotiate their participation. Through a case study of an organization founded in 1974 by French and multinational food companies, we view think tanks as “negotiated orders”, i.e., as places and products of continuous negotiation among their members. The major challenge for the food company executives who created the think tank in question was that of convincing academics to join it and to contribute to its activities. This chapter analyzes successive negotiations between these actors, both on the shape of the organization itself and on the content of its activities, which evolved from research funding to public relations in line with industry priorities.
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Titre |
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From Research Funding to Public Relations: The Making of a Food Industry Think Tank in 1970s France
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Auteur(s) |
Thomas Depecker
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, Marc-Olivier Déplaude
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, Nicolas Larchet
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CMH -
Centre Maurice Halbwachs
( 20824 )
- 48 Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
- France
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INRAE -
Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
( 577435 )
- France
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IRISSO -
Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales
( 1008489 )
- Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 PARIS Cedex 16
- France
4
ULH -
Université Le Havre Normandie
( 300317 )
- 25 rue Philippe Lebon - BP 1123 - 76063 Le Havre Cedex France
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Titre de l'ouvrage |
Pervasive Powers: The Politics of Corporate Authority
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Audience |
Internationale
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Page/Identifiant |
82-105
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Lieu de publication |
New York
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ISBN |
978-0-367-51442-6 ; 978-1-003-05387-3 ; 978-0-367-47661-8
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Date de publication |
2021
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Éditeur commercial |
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Mots-clés |
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Public relations, Think tanks, Expertise, Food industry, Academics
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DOI | 10.4324/9781003053873-5 |
UT key WOS | 000846836600005 |
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