TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGann,James G.
AU  - Weaver,R.Kent
TI  - Think tanks and civil societies: catalysts for ideas and action 
SN  - 0765800322 (alk. paper)
AV  - H 97 T443 2000
U1  - 320/.6 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ
PB  - Transaction Publishers
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Ciencias políticas
KW  - Políticas públicas
KW  - Institutos de investigación
N1  - 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
N2  - This work analyzes the growth, scope and constraints of think tanks, while providing institutional profiles of such organizations in every region of the world
ER  -