UNSPECIFIED (2000) Non-governmental policy transfer: The strategies of independent policy institutes. GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION, 13 (1). pp. 45-70. ISSN 0952-1895

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Abstract

Discussions of policy transfer have primarily focused on official actors and networks. The non-governmental mode of policy transfer via foundations, think tanks and non-governnmental organizations is a relatively neglected dimension. Accordingly, this paper addresses the role of think tanks in promoting the spread of policy ideas about privatization. The importance of think tanks to policy transfer is their ability to diffuse ideas by (1) acting as a clearing-house for information; (2) their involvement in the advocacy of ideas; (3) their involvement in domestic and transnational policy nef networks; and (4) their intellectual and scholarly base providing expertise on specialized policy issues. Concepts from comparative public policy and international relations such as "social learning" and "epistemic communities" are used to outline the way think tanks advocate innovative policy ideas. However, not only have think tanks been effective in promoting the transfer of policy ideas, the international spread of think ranks also exhibits organizational transfer.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Journal or Publication Title:	GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
Publisher:	BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS
ISSN:	0952-1895
Date:	January 2000
Volume:	13
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	26
Page Range:	pp. 45-70
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/13701

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