Think Tanks and Civil Societies : Catalysts for Ideas and Action

ISBN-13: 9780765809520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 634 str.

James G. McGann; R. Kent Weaver

Opis

Government and individual policymakers throughout the developed and developing world face the common problem of bringing expert knowledge to bear in government decision making. Policymakers need understandable, reliable, accessible, and useful information about the societies they govern. They also need to know how current policies are working, as well as possible alternatives and their likely costs and consequences. This expanding need has fostered the growth of independent public policy research organizations, commonly known as think tanks. Think Tanks and Civil Societies analyzes their growth, scope, and constraints, while providing institutional profi les of such organizations in every region of the world.

Spis treści

1. Think Tanks and Civil Societies in a Time of Change 2. Think Tanks in North America 3. The Heritage Foundation 4. Institute for Research on Public Policy 5. Think Tanks in Western Europe 6. French Public Policy Research Institutes and Their Political Impact as Another Illustration of the French Exception 7. Experiences of a Multidimensional Think Tank: The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 8. Think Tanks in Spain and Portugal: Searching for Relevance 9. Northeast Asian Think Tanks: Toward Building Capacity for More Democratic Societies 10. The Korean Institute of International Studies 11. From Dependency to the Market: The Uncertain Future for Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe 12. The Liberal Estate: Reflections on the Politics of Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe 13. Think Tanks in the Former Soviet Union 14. The Economic Research Center 15. Policy Making Beyond the Politics of Conflict: Civil Society Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa 16. Think Tanks in Transition—Center for Palestine Research and Studies: A Case Study 17. Dynamics of Think Tank Development in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea 18. Think Tanks in Singapore 19. Think Tanks in South Asia: An Overview 20. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research: A Leading Think Tank in Asia 21. Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa An Analysis of Francophone Economic Research Centers in Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Senegal 23. Think Tanks in Nigeria 24. Think Tanks in Latin America 25. Instituto APOYO 26. Think Tanks in Brazil: The Case of Instituto Brasileiro de 5Economia as an Illustration

O autorze

Weaver, R.