 | How Think Tanks Shape Social Development Policies Subjects: Research institutes -- Case studies; Social planning -- Research -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Social policy -- Research -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Policy sciences -- Research -- Case studies; How Thank Tanks Shape Social Development Policies examines case studies drawn from a range of political and economic systems worldwide to provide a detailed understanding of how think tanks can have an impact on issues of economic and social development. James G. McGann is Assistant Director of the International Relations Program and Director of the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also author of several books, most recently Democratization and Market Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries: Think Tanks as Catalysts. Anna Viden is lecturer in international relations at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on U.S.-Saudi relations and U.S. Mideast policy in general. Jillian Rafferty was formerly editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and currently works as Program Coordinator for the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. |
