How Think Tanks Shape Social Development Policies / James G. McGann, Jillian Rafferty, Anna Viden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGann, James G., Editor.

Rafferty, Jillian, Editor.

Viden, Anna, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences--Research--Case studies.

Policy sciences.

Social policy--Research--Developing countries--Case studies.

Social policy.

Social planning--Research--Developing countries--Case studies.

Social planning.

Research institutes--Case studies.

Research institutes.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Across the globe, there are more than four thousand policy institutes, or think tanks, that research or advocate for economic and social development. Yet the relationship between these organizations and the policies they influence is not well understood. How Think Tanks Shape Social Development Policies examines case studies drawn from a range of political and economic systems worldwide to provide a detailed understanding of how think tanks can have an impact on issues such as education policy, infrastructure, environment and sustainable development, economic reform, poverty alleviation, agricultural and land development, and social policy.Each chapter provides an overview of the approaches and organizational structures of specific think tanks, as well as the political, economic, and social opportunities and the challenges of the environments in which they operate. The contributors study the stages of innovative think-tank-aided strategies implemented in highly industrialized world powers like the United States and Russia, emerging countries such as China, India, Brazil, and South Korea, and developing nations that include Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Accompanied by an extensive introduction to contextualize the history and theory of policy institutes, this comprehensive comparison of policy success stories will be instructive and transferable to other think tanks around the globe.Contributors: Assefa Admassie, Celso Castro, Kristina Costa, Francisco Cravioto, Marek Dabrowski, Matt Dann, He Fan, Rajeev Gowda, Oh-Seok Hyun, Christian Koch, Jitinder Kohli, R. Andreas Kraemer, Elena Lazarou, William Lyakurwa, Ashwin Mahesh, Florencia Mezzadra, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Mcebisi Ndletyana, Sridhar Pabbisetty, Miguel Pulido, Marco Aurelio Ruediger, María Belén Sánchez, Dmitri Trenin, Samuel Wangwe, Vanesa Weyrauch, Maria Monica Wihardja, Rebecca Winthrop, Wang Xiaoyi.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Social Development, Think Tanks, and Policy Advice

Chapter 1. Brookings Institution: The Case for Global Education

Chapter 2. CIPPEC: The Monitoring Project for the Law on Educational Funding

Chapter 3. Centre for Public Policy (CPP): Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Chapter 4. Centre for Policy Research (CPR): Reforming the Urban Transit System in Delhi

Chapter 5. The Ecologic Institute and Its Influence on Policies in Germany and the EU

Chapter 6. MISTRA: Configuring Research Teams to Realize Policy Influence

Chapter 7. Gulf Research Center (GRC): Promoting Social Development in the Arab Gulf Region

Chapter 8. Bruegel: Creating Your Own Luck

Chapter 9. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Shaping Development Policy in a Globalized World

Chapter 10. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS): Reshaping China’s Development Strategy

Chapter 11. Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE): Think Tanks in the Era of Globalization

Chapter 12. Korea Development Institute (KDI): Korean Service Sector Advancement

Chapter 13. Fundar and Subsidios al Campo: Farm Subsidy Policy in Mexico

Chapter 14. Ethiopian Economics Association: Stories of Social and Economic Policy Influence

Chapter 15. CRESS: The Grassroots Perspective and Policymaking

Chapter 16. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): Shaping the Policy Making Process and Its Outcomes

Chapter 17. Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA): Think Tanks and Social Development Policy in Tanzania

Chapter 18. Center for American Progress: Importing Social Impact Bonds

Chapter 19. Carnegie Moscow Center: Russia’s Social Development–A Continuing Story

Chapter 20. Fundação Getúlio Vargas and PRONASCI: A Study of Brazilian Think Tanks

Conclusion: Recommendations for Think Tanks and Policymakers

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780812209624

0812209621

OCLC:

882260956