Edited by James G. McGann, Anna Viden, and Jillian Rafferty
University of Pennsylvania Press - 2014
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.
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