Think tanks and civil societies : catalysts for ideas and action / editors, James G. McGann & R. Kent Weaver.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Think 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.

This work analyzes the growth, scope and constraints of think tanks, while providing institutional profiles of such organizations in every region of the world.