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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Admassie, Assefa,; Castro, Celso,; Costa, Kristina,; Cravioto, Francisco,; Dabrowski, Marek,; Dann, Matt,; Fan, He,; Gowda, Rajeev,; Hyun, Oh-Seok,; Koch, Christian,; Kohli, Jitinder,; Kraemer, R. Andreas,; Lazarou, Elena,; Lyakurwa, William,; Mahesh, Ashwin,; Mazzadra, Florencia,; Mukhopadhyay, Partha,; Ndletyana, Mcebisi,; Pabbisetty, Sridhar,; Pulido, Miguel,; Ruediger, Marco Aurelio,; Sánchez, María Belén,; Trenin, Dmitri,; Weyrauch, Vanesa,; Wihardja, Maria Monica,; Winthrop, Rebecca,; Xiaoyi, Wang,
• HerausgeberIn: McGann, James G.,; Rafferty, Jillian,; Viden, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 10 illus.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Social Development, Think Tanks, and Policy Advice -- PART I. Education -- Chapter 1. Brookings Institution: The Case for Global Education -- Chapter 2. CIPPEC: The Monitoring Project for the Law on Educational Funding -- PART II. Infrastructure -- 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 -- PART III. Environment and Sustainable Development -- 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 -- PART IV. Economic Reform, Debt Crisis Management, and Economic Coordination -- 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 -- PART V. Agriculture and Land Development -- 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 -- PART VI. Poverty Alleviation -- 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 -- PART VII. Social Policy -- 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