Think tanks & civil societies : catalysts for ideas and action / James G. McGann & R. Kent Weaver, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGann, James G.

Weaver, R. Kent, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences--Research.

Policy sciences.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

617 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Think tanks and civil societies

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2000]

Contents:

1. Think Tanks and Civil Societies in a Time of Change / R. Kent Weaver, James G. McGann 1

2. Think Tanks in North America / Donald E. Abelson, Evert A. Lindquist 37

3. The Heritage Foundation / Edwin Feulner 67

4. Institute for Research on Public Policy / Monique Jerome-Forget 87

5. Think Tanks in Western Europe / Alan J. Day 103

6. French Public Policy Research Institutes and Their Political Impact as Another Illustration of the French Exception / Lucile Desmoulins 139

7. Experiences of a Multidimensional Think Tank: The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Peter R. Weilemann 169

8. Think Tanks in Spain and Portugal: Searching for Relevance / Christian Freres, Maria Joao Seabra, Maria do Rosario de Moraes 187

9. Northeast Asian Think Tanks: Toward Building Capacity for More Democratic Societies / Makiko Ueno 221

10. The Korean Institute of International Studies / Chong-Ki Choi 243

11. From Dependency to the Market: The Uncertain Future for Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe / Jonathan D. Kimball 251

12. The Liberal Estate: Reflections on the Politics of Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe / Ivan Krastev 273

13. Think Tanks in the Former Soviet Union / Raymond J. Struyk 293

14. The Economic Research Center / Yuriy Nechayev 319

15. Policy Making Beyond the Politics of Conflict: Civil Society Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa / Erik C. Johnson 337

16. Think Tanks in Transition

Center for Palestine Research and Studies: A Case Study / Hisham Awartani 367

17. Dynamics of Think Tank Development in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea / Diane Stone 383

18. Think Tanks in Singapore / Ooi Giok Ling 411

19. Think Tanks in South Asia: An Overview / Rehman Sobhan 423

20. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research: A Leading Think Tank in Asia / Jyoti Parikh 455

21. Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa / Erik C. Johnson 465

22. An Analysis of Francophone Economic Research Centers in Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Senegal / Diery Seck 491

23. Think Tanks in Nigeria / Mike I. Obadan, Edu O. Uga 509

24. Think Tanks in Latin America / Nancy Sherwood Truitt 529

25. Instituto APOYO / Gabriel Ortiz de Zevallos 551

26. Think Tanks in Brazil: The Case of Instituto Brasileiro de Economia as an Illustration / Julian Chacel 567.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765800322

OCLC:

44090460