02764cam a22003494a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015007000300032008004100035010001700076020002800093020001800121035001300139040002300152041000800175042000800183050002000191082001100211245011600222260005600338300002400394504005100418505156300469520016402032650003102196650001902227650002502246650002802271650003502299700004202334700003802376122504BJBSDDR20241210113254.0ta000515s2000 njua b 001 0 eng  a 00034407  a0765800322 (alk. paper) a9780765800329 a12009278 aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng aeng apcc14aH 97bT443 200000a320/.600aThink tanks and civil societies :bcatalysts for ideas and action /ceditors, James G. McGann & R. Kent Weaver. aNew Brunswick, NJ :bTransaction Publishers,c2000. a617 pages ;c24 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThink Tanks and Civil Societies in a Time of Change / R. Kent Weaver, James G. McGann -- Think Tanks in North America / Donald E. Abelson, Evert A. Lindquist -- The Heritage Foundation / Edwin Feulner -- Institute for Research on Public Policy / Monique Jerome-Forget -- Think Tanks in Western Europe / Alan J. Day -- French Public Policy Research Institutes and Their Political Impact as Another Illustration of the French Exception / Lucile Desmoulins -- Experiences of a Multidimensional Think Tank: The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Peter R. Weilemann -- Think Tanks in Spain and Portugal: Searching for Relevance / Christian Freres, Maria Joao Seabra, Maria do Rosario de Moraes -- Northeast Asian Think Tanks: Toward Building Capacity for More Democratic Societies / Makiko Ueno -- The Korean Institute of International Studies / Chong-Ki Choi -- From Dependency to the Market: The Uncertain Future for Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe / Jonathan D. Kimball -- The Liberal Estate: Reflections on the Politics of Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe / Ivan Krastev -- Think Tanks in the Former Soviet Union / Raymond J. Struyk -- The Economic Research Center / Yuriy Nechayev -- Policy Making Beyond the Politics of Conflict: Civil Society Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa / Erik C. Johnson -- Think Tanks in Transition--Center for Palestine Research and Studies: A Case Study / Hisham Awartani -- Dynamics of Think Tank Development in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea / Diane Stone. aThis work analyzes the growth, scope and constraints of think tanks, while providing institutional profiles of such organizations in every region of the world. 0aPolicy sciencesxResearch. 0aCivil society. 4aCiencias políticas 4aPolíticas públicas  4aInstitutos de investigación 1 aMcGann, James G., d1955-2021eeditor1 aWeaver, R. Kent, d1953- eeditor