Think Tanks and Civil Societies
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGann, James G. / Weaver, R. Kent, PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, Government and individual policymakers throughout the developed and developing world face the common problem of bringing expert knowledge to bear in government decision making. Policymakers need understandable, reliable, accessible, and useful information about the societies they govern. They also need to know how current policies are working, as well as possible alternatives and their likely costs and consequences. This expanding need has fostered the growth of independent public policy research organizations, commonly known as think tanks. Think Tanks and Civil Societies analyzes their growth, scope, and constraints, while providing institutional profi les of such organizations in every region of the world.