The Shadow Government: The Government's Multi-Billion-Dollar Giveaway of Its Decision-Making Powers to Private Management Consultants, "Experts," and Think Tanks.

1976 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Grant McConnell ◽  
Daniel Guttman ◽  
Barry Willner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Private Management

scholarly journals Think Tanks In The Formation Of The Central Asian Vector Of British Foreign Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Shakhnoza Akramjanovna Azimbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
British Foreign Policy ◽  
History Of

This article examines the role and place of British think tanks in the design and development of the country’s foreign policy towards the Central Asian region. This issue is studied in combination with an analysis of the history of the formation of British think tanks, the positions of these centers in relation to Central Asia in the early 90s of the twentieth century after the collapse of the USSR and the state of modern think tanks that study Central Asia and their influence on the decision-making process in Great Britain.

Economics and policy analysis: ‘from state to market’?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Benamouzig ◽  
Frédéric Lebaron
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Historical Viewpoint ◽  
And Diffusion

This chapter describes and analyses the progressive spread of economic "expertise" in the sphere of public policy. It sketches the historical process of the expansion of economic expertise in France, and discusses the way it involves a reshaping of the relations between the State, markets, universities, and other relevant institutional entities (e.g., political parties, unions, etc.), as well as society in general. Considered from this socio-historical viewpoint, economic expertise seems to have contributed to the opening of State-centered regulation to more pluralistic and market-driven public policies in a number of sectors. The analysis draws more specifically on the case of health care, which has been engaged in a clear transformation from a traditional (welfare) State-centered regulation to more open and economically-driven policy. Various components of economic expertise and its concrete uses are under scrutiny, such as classic macroeconomic/econometric forecasting and conjunctural analysis; sectorial expertise; think tanks and organization-related expertise or counter-expertise; academic knowledge in the sphere of policy advice and decision-making; and the production and diffusion of economic discourse through newspapers, magazines, books, etc.

scholarly journals CHINESE UNIVERSITY THINK-TANKS IN KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S DECISION-MAKING

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Sun Pinjie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Key Policy

This research analyzes the functions of university think-tanks from the perspective of the Chinese government, in particular their role in generating knowledge for governmental decision-making. It also reveals the achievements and problems of the development model of Chinese university think-tanks. Methodologically, this study relies on analysis and interpretation of the key policy documents of the Chinese government, the public information of some university think-tanks and the research results and data of professional think-tank research institutions. The study found that the Chinese government is trying to incorporate university think-tanks into the «Holistic Knowledge» production link and thus turn them into professional decision-making knowledge supply institutions. As a result, Chinese university think-tanks will perform the role of t bridges between academic knowledge production and generation of knowledge for the government’s decision-making, ensuring the necessary flexibility between these two processes. However, the drawback of such policy is that it limits the autonomy of university think-tanks and their social influence.

Corporate capture of science?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Miller ◽  
Claire Harkins ◽  
Matthias Schlögl ◽  
Brendan Montague
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Regulatory Systems ◽  
Front Groups ◽  
Corporate Capture

Science can provide a rationale and a basis for policy decisions; therefore, corporate planners see it as a crucial resource. This chapter draws on our structural data to show how science policy organizations play a role in pursuing corporate strategy. Corporations create ‘sound science’ lobby and front groups, and they fund libertarian and neoliberal think tanks and groupings to attack and undermine scientists. They try to influence and capture public and policy debates on issues related to the regulation of addictive substances or services. Specifically, they help to provide a range of experts and advisors that can be tapped by the policy and decision-making apparatus at the national and EU levels. Regulatory systems at national and EU levels are mostly insufficient to monitor or manage the conflicts of interest that arise as a result.

Use of private management consultants in public health

BMJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. n2145
Author(s):  
Joseph Dov Bruch ◽  
Justin Feldman ◽  
Zirui Song
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Private Management

Policy analysis in political parties

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Mendez de Hoyos
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Party Manifestos

This chapter analyses the extent to which Mexican political parties have evolved and developed competence for policy analysis, offer policy options to party candidates during campaigns and carry out research on public policy to support the decision making process once in government. The main argument is that Mexican political parties are seldom accountable and transparent, and it is not clear which are the incentives to develop policy analysis and research capabilities to compete on the basis of policy choices, given the extended clientelistic network used to gain votes. The analysis is based on three basic sources of information: political parties’ official documents regarding their policy analysis centers (think tanks), party manifestos for the 2006 and 2012 presidential elections and some interviews.

scholarly journals Optimization of Decision-Making in Port Logistics Terminals: Using Analytic Hierarchy Process for the Case of Port of Thessaloniki

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gogas ◽  
Konstantinos Papoutsis ◽  
Eftihia Nathanail
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Models ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Private Management ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Abstract The management models pursued in logistics terminals determine their performance to a great extent. Terminals managed by public actors usually incorporate more social criteria into their decision-making processes. In addition, private management focuses on economic viability of the initiative. Decision-making is a complex process regardless the structure of management or the decision models useddue to the fact that a wide range of diverse criteria are embedded into this process. The objective of this paper it to determine a prioritization of a set of alternative options for investment projects which were suggested by port executives taking into account criteria and evaluation that have already validated by them. In order to perform the analysis a multi-criteria decision-making model was used: the Analytic Hierachy Process. The outcomes support a low-biased and efficient strategic planning through a balanced decision-making framework.

scholarly journals Typology of think tanks: A comparative study in Finland and Scotland

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 72-90
Author(s):  
Mykkänen Markus ◽  
Freshwater Neil
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Politics ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Research Publications

This paper provides a comparative analysis of current Finnish and Scottish think tanks and reviews how think tanks in these countries have evolved, how think tanks seek to influence decision making and engage with their stakeholders. To address the ways of influence this paper looks how Finnish and Scottish think tanks describe themselves and how they use publications in their advocacy. Conducted content analysis indicates that usually registered association based Finnish think tanks are generally more research-focused organisations, who overall deploy more research publications for advocacy than the company based Scottish think tanks. Findings also reveal that the number of think tanks in both countries has greatly increased in the last two decades due to the political challenges with European Union and national politics. The paper provides a new approach to study think tanks in national contexts.

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