It is often assumed that think tanks carry enormous weight with lawmakers and other key
stakeholders. In Do Think Tanks Matter? Donald Abelson argues that the question of how …

In turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have
become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of …

This article develops the concept of policy advisory system (PAS) management in
recognition of the need to better theorise and empirically study how governments approach …

Offering a comparative analysis of “community-literacy studies," Community Literacy and the
Rhetoric of Local Publics traces common values in diverse accounts of “ordinary people …

Between 1970 and 2000 there took place a remarkable and dramatic change in attitudes
toward the role of the state in economic activity. An ideology favorable to management of the …

Much like today, the early twentieth century was a period of rising economic inequality and
political polarization in America. But it was also an era of progressive reform—a time when …

This study explores the use and presentation of information and research on education by
the news media. Using content analysis, this study compares four types of think tanks …

'Think tanks'(TTs) are'sui generis' organizations that have been proliferating, playing more
and more the role of very relevant actors on the political scene in clashes over interests …

Policy institutes, or think tanks, have become increasingly visible on the political landscape.
However, their policy role has varied in different countries. This article seeks to explain why …

At the start of the twentieth century, the workings of government became increasingly difficult
to understand. The over-burdened policy-makers dealt with too much information to analyse …