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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"think tanks"”.

  1. Neoliberal think tanks in the Brazilian political scenario

    Migotto Brandolt, LarissaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2022

    Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01

    uiuc Repository record

  2. Information Wars : party elites, think tanks and polarization in Congress

    Fagan, Edward James2020

    … of experts at universities, non-partisan think tanks and government agencies, to inform policymaking decisions. However, after the consensus supported by the knowledge regime enabled the expansion of the scope of federal government domestic policy during the 1950s-1970s period, ideological …

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  3. Information Wars : party elites, think tanks and polarization in Congress

    Fagan, Edward JamesThe University of Texas at Austin2020

    … of experts at universities, non-partisan think tanks and government agencies, to inform policymaking decisions. However, after the consensus supported by the knowledge regime enabled the expansion of the scope of federal government domestic policy during the 1950s-1970s period, ideological …

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  4. Conservative think tanks and discourse on immigration in the U.S.

    Langerak, Emily J.2010

    … and celebration of our immigrant heritage. Think tanks, whose success depends upon their reputation as reliable sources of scholarly policy analysis, are often regarded as providing exactly that. This study examines the writing of three prominent conservative think tanks - the Heritage …

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  5. Transforming think tanks into ‘policy hubs’: The creation of research−policy networks

    Vas, Christopher2012

    … The collaborative role of universities and think tanks has seldom been considered in this context. This research thus poses the following three research questions: i) Does a policy network currently exist between government policy makers and university researchers? ii) Is there value in …

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  6. Transforming think tanks into ‘policy hubs’: The creation of research−policy networks

    Vas, Christopher2012

    … The collaborative role of universities and think tanks has seldom been considered in this context. This research thus poses the following three research questions: i) Does a policy network currently exist between government policy makers and university researchers? ii) Is there value in …

    anu Repository record

  7. Think tanks: independent policy research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia

    Stone, Diane Lesley1993

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  8. Think tanks: independent policy research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia

    Stone, Diane Lesley1993

    anu Repository record

  9. Distorting the Reality of Climate Change: Anti-Reflexive Narratives of Conservative Think Tanks in Canadian Newspapers

    Shuba, Curtis JamesFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina2019

    … newspapers and two Canadian conservative think tanks was administered to reveal frequent thematic frames and claims, contextualize text, capture narratives, and determine prominent actors and institutions. These results were subjected to the processes of abduction and retroduction to …

    regina Repository record

  10. Exploring the Political Roles of Chinese Think Tanks: A Case Study of China's Three Gorges Project Decision-Making

    Mi, NaVirginia Tech2008

    … of People's Republic of China in 1949, Chinese think tanks have experienced significant development during the transformative process of China's political reform and modernization, and their influence has become more notable than before. However, think tanks historically have been given little …

    vt Repository record

  11. MOVEMENT WITHOUT MOTION: THE RHETORIC OF CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-CLAIMS TO GLOBAL WARMING THEORY

    Edwards, William2015

    … the economy of the developed world. Conservative think tanks have adopted a common rhetoric to instill doubt about proposed mandates in the minds of elected officials, the media, and the public. Using a survey of the websites of 14 conservative think tanks, this thesis analyzes counter-claims to …

    vcu Repository record

  12. Scientific consensus on manmade global warming: think tank influence on public opinion through news media

    Howe, Greg2016

    <p>This study examined the influence of think tanks, in the news media, on public opinion of what most scientists believe about the cause of global warming.</p> <p>The researcher performed a content analysis on two national newspapers spanning May through July, 2006, the three months surrounding …

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  13. MEDIATED NARRATIVES ON CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF DREAMER IDENTITIES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE SURROUNDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2012 DEFERRED DEPORTATION ANNOUNCEMENT

    Garcia Rodriguez, Marisa2016

    … coverage, immigrant rights organizations, and think tanks in order to explicate the construction of citizenship, immigrant identity, and national identity in these circulating mediated narratives. In addition to President Obama's speech, I analyzed 33 online texts from mainstream media sources …

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  14. When Education Ceases to be Public: The Privatization of the New Orleans School System After Hurricane Katrina

    Goff, Sarah LeBlanc

    … city. Nationally, a network of right-wing think tanks and school choice advocates descended on New Orleans shortly after the storm. Locally, state legislators and local leaders pushed from the inside for reform in the way of charter schools. Aided by a state takeover of schools and federal …

    uno Repository record

  15. Who shapes agricultural transformation in Africa? exploring the case of the alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) from a think tank perspective

    Vicedom, Stefan KlausDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Science2022

    … and international policy expertise is the think tank. With their particular competencies, environmentally-related and climate change related think tanks have become key actors in modern environmental governance systems. Since many African countries have a high proportion of smallholder …

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  16. Political Low Roads: The Rhetoric of Twentieth-Century American Demagoguery and the Rise of the New Right

    Carpenter, Phillip MartinUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … as the ""New Right."" Through its politicians, think tanks, and well-financed political action committees, the movement spoke as a unified and collective voice, using precisely the same demagogic rhetorical techniques once exploited only by individual politicians. In short, during the twentieth …

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  17. The Ford Foundation and the Reinvention of American Liberalism, 1968-2000

    Collings-Wells, SamuelUniversity of Cambridge2023

    … and urban poverty. Through funding a network of think tanks, community groups, and financial intermediaries, the Ford Foundation pioneered a new liberal strategy to fight poverty and crime, made up of two key components: Firstly, a commitment to ‘broken windows’ policing - an aggressive strategy …

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  18. Corporatising water and wastewater services in Scotland : governance, regulation and operations

    Kane, TommyUniversity of Strathclyde2018

    … making. Epistemic water communities, comprising think tanks, policy entrepreneurs and regulators are key agents identified in this research promoting corporatisation. This thesis argues that corporatisation is steadily eroding the public nature of Scotland's water system.

    strathclyde Repository record

  19. The Promises and Pitfalls of the Competitive Bidding Process

    Carruthers, Jason2010

    … inequities of public agencies law makers, think tanks, and members from every facet of society have suggested the expansion of private sector contracting into schools, public agency management, health and human services, police and fire, and here‐to‐fore unseen and untested service areas. …

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  20. The Origins and Legacy of a Currency Board in Argentina

    Elissetche, Martin M.2016

    … across a domestic network of neoliberal think-tanks, technocrats, politicians, and “technopoles” articulating neoliberal interests outside of the Washington Consensus, within an International Neoliberal Network. Argentina’s adoption of a currency board falls in line with the Corner …

    maryland Repository record

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