Atlas workshops matured from policy promotion to think tank management strategy

Evidence

First, the content of the workshops shifted from a focus on policy issues and promotion of the think tank model to discussions of strategies and the sharing of best practices for managing think tanks. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 594

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the stages-of-movement literature (resource mobilization to mature institutionalization); resonates with how any networked movement professionalizes over time. — connects to: Atlas incubated think tanks by identifying and financing local individuals — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 572; Atlas systematically recruited and trained global think tank entrepreneurs — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 566; Atlas Foundation exported the neoliberal think-tank model worldwide — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1943 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Atlas systematically recruited and trained global think tank entrepreneurs #expands (0.90) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 566
• Atlas Foundation exported the neoliberal think-tank model worldwide #expands (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1943
• The Atlas Foundation seeded dozens of think tanks globally with small grants #expands (0.88) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 573
• Atlas incubated think tanks by identifying and financing local individuals #expands (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 572
• The Atlas network co-produces and co-diffuses free market content across borders #expands (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 597
• Neoliberal organizations coordinated their strategy through shared conferences #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 326