What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact
Andrew Dan Selee
€ 15.23
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact
Paperback. Andrew Selee's Planning for Impact in Policy Research is the first strategy book intended exclusively for think tanks. Adapting lessons from business and non-profit management to the world of research organizations, Selee lays out a comprehensive plan for how these kinds of organizations can truly make a difference in policy decisions. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: GPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Think tanks and research organizations set out to influence policy ideas and decisions—a goal that is key to the very fabric of these organizations. And yet, the ways that they actually achieve impact or measure progress along these lines remains fuzzy and underexplored. What Should Think Tanks Do? A Strategic Guide for Policy Impact is the first practical guide that is specifically tailored to think tanks, policy research, and advocacy organizations. Author Andrew Selee draws on extensive interviews with members of leading think tanks, as well as cutting-edge thinking in business and non-profit management, to provide concrete strategies for setting ... Read more
Show LessProduct Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804787987
SKU
V9780804787987
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Andrew Dan Selee
Andrew Selee is Vice President of Programs at the Woodrow Wilson Center and former Director of its Mexico Institute. He has been a congressional staffer and served as staff and on the board of several non-profit organizations. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University and writes extensively on international affairs.
Reviews for What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact
"Contrary to its title, Andrew Selee's What Should Think Tanks Do? is not a book of prescriptions. Instead, it is a tool for thinking. It offers a set of principles and illustrative cases that, taken together, incite a reader to think clearly and creatively about how an organization might make the most valuable contributions possible to important public issues. Anyone ... Read more