Title: Think Tanks as NGOs and Public Policy in the U.S.
Abstract: Think tanks are organizations that do public policy research,which are independent of government,interest groups and political parties.They are non-government,nonprofit,non-partisan,objective,neutral,and intermediary.Traditional think tanks in the U.S.are academic institutions and government contract research organizations.However,most of the think tanks emerging in the 1960s and 1970s are advocatory-orientated ones with an ideological bent.Think tanks in the U.S.are very influential in the field of policy making,playing an important role in policy research,policy advocacy,policy network and policy evaluation.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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