Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program#Global Go To Think Tank Index
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The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) was a non-profit program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1989 to 2021. TTCSP was originally established at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1989.Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program", 2001–2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html Source 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010537/http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html |date=22 October 2012 }}", 6 July 2010 The director was James McGann.{{cite web|title=James G. McGann – Foreign Policy Research Institute|url=http://www.fpri.org/contributor/james-mcgann/|website=Foreign Policy Research Institute|accessdate=21 May 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Amanda|title=Are think tanks obsolete?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/10/05/are-think-tanks-obsolete/|accessdate=21 May 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=5 October 2015}} The program conducted research on policy institutes around the world,{{cite web|title=The Think Tanks and Civil Society Program {{!}} About Us|url=http://gotothinktank.com/about-us/|website=Gotothinktank.com|accessdate=21 May 2016}} and maintained a database of over 8,200 think tanks from across the world.International Relations @ UPenn, "2009 Global Rankings of Think Tanks", 2010, "[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/2009GlobalRankingsofThinkTanks.htm Source 7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607155633/http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/2009GlobalRankingsofThinkTanks.htm |date=7 June 2011 }}", 6 July 2010
History
TTCSP was established at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1989. It began with its focus on think tanks in the US. In the 1990s, the program became increasingly global as a result of the political and economic transformation that took place in Central and Eastern Europe.Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Selected List of Publications", 2001–2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html Source 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010629/http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html |date=22 October 2012 }}", 6 July 2010 R. Kent WeaverBrookings Institution, "R. Kent Weaver", 2010, "[http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx Source 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215235040/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx |date=15 February 2010 }}", 6 July 2010 of the Brookings Institution and James McGann of the Foreign Policy Research Institute were asked to help conceptualize what became the Global Development Network, a World Bank sponsored conference in Barcelona, Spain.Global Development Network, "Global Development Network (GDN): Background and History", 2010, "[http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_history Source 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521014812/http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_history |date=21 May 2013 }}", 6 July 2010 This resulted in the publication Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalysts for Ideas and Action in 2000. In 2008, the TTCSP moved to the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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McGann and the Program published the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index.{{cite news|title=A&M think tank aims to solve state issues|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/A-M-think-tank-aims-to-solve-state-s-problems-5761811.php |first1=enjamin |last1=Wermund |accessdate=21 May 2016|work=Houston Chronicle|date=17 September 2014}} As of 2010, the Index is based on a three-phase survey whose participants include politicians, scientists, think tank donors, and think tanks.Seiler, Christian, and Klaus Wohlrabe. "A critique of the 2009 global 'Go-to Think Tanks' ranking". CESifo DICE Report 8.2 (2010): 60. However, this method of the study and assessment of policy institutes has been criticized by researchers such as Enrique Mendizabal and Goran Buldioski, Director of the Think Tank Fund, assisted by the Open Society Institute.{{cite web|last=Mendizabal|first=Enrique|title=Another year, another ranking of think tanks (and surprise surprise, Brookings is still the best)|url=http://onthinktanks.org/2011/01/21/another-year-another-ranking-of-think-tanks-and-surprise-surprise-brookings-is-still-the-best/ |date=21 January 2011 |publisher=On Think Tanks|accessdate=28 November 2011}}{{cite web|last=Buldioski|first=Goran|title=Mirror, mirror on the wall... tell me who is the best think tank in the world?|url=http://goranspolicy.com/mirror-mirror-wall-tank-world/|publisher=Goran's Musings |date=January 23, 2011 |accessdate=28 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113024736/http://goranspolicy.com/mirror-mirror-wall-tank-world/|archive-date=13 January 2012|url-status=usurped}}
In 2018, the Index listed the United States as the nation with the largest number of think tanks (1871), followed by India (509), China (507), United Kingdom (321), Argentina (227), Germany (218), Russia (215), France (203), Japan (128), Italy (114), Brazil (103), Canada (100), and South Africa (93).{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/16/ |title=2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |publisher=ScholarlyCommons University of Pennsylvania |access-date=30 October 2019 |first1=James G. |last1=McGann |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219081815/https://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/16/ |archive-date= Feb 19, 2020 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/ Think Tanks and Civil Societies Website]
- [http://www.fpri.org/ Foreign Policy Research Institute - International Policy Think Tank] – provides information on the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), including scholar bios and works published.
- [http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/ Foreign Policy Think Tank - Foreign Policy Research Institute] – provides information on the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, including history and background, program goals, research priorities, and publications.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920095134/http://www.fpri.org/about/people/mcgann.html James McGann - FPRI] – a biography of James McGann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215235040/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx R. Kent Weaver - Brookings Institution] – a biography of R. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
- [http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108114136/http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research |date=8 January 2014 }} – provides information on the Global Development Network, including its mission, history, research priorities, and publications.
- [https://ir.sas.upenn.edu/ International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania]
- {{cite web|author=James G. McGann (Director) |authorlink=James McGann |url=http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf |title=The Global Go To Think Tank Report, 2011 |date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627063611/http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf |archivedate=27 June 2013 }}
- {{cite web| author=James G. McGann |authorlink=James McGann|url=http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |via=University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons |title=2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618063730/http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |archive-date= Jun 18, 2022 }}
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