ABSTRACT
Intellectuals and policy analysts might appear to inhabit two different worlds. Intellectuals aspire to articulate issues of universal concern; policy analysts attend to the refractory detail of specific measures and programmes. Intellectuals point to the kingdom of ends; policy analysts to the netherworld of administrative means. Intellectuals speak truth to power; policy analysts sharpen and recalibrate the instruments of government. Intellectuals clash ostentatiously on the stage of politics; policy analysts, when they are drawn into government, pull hidden levers in the corridors of power. We accuse intellectuals of seeking self-publicity and policy wonks of eluding public scrutiny.
