From Generation to Generation

Donald E. Abelson
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This study offers a series of reflections on the evolution of think tanks in Europe and the United States. In addition to exploring how these organizations have come to place a higher premium on political advocacy than rigorous policy research, the article raises a series of questions about how the preoccupation of think tanks with their global rankings, and their desire to inundate stakeholders with quick response policy research, can have serious implications for how policymakers formulate public policy. In the end, this study argues that for think tanks to serve the public interest, they need to engage in scientific research that adheres to proper and verifiable academic standards. Otherwise, these organizations will join the growing chorus of voices whose only interest is to serve their own institutional goals and those of their benefactors.
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本研究提供了对欧美智库演进的一系列思考。除了探讨这些组织如何将政治宣传置于比严格的政策研究更重要的位置之外,文章还提出了一系列问题,即智库对其全球排名的关注,以及他们希望用快速反应的政策研究淹没利益相关者的愿望,如何对政策制定者如何制定公共政策产生严重影响。最后,本研究认为,智库要服务于公众利益,就需要从事符合适当和可验证的学术标准的科学研究。否则,这些组织将加入越来越多的声音,这些声音的唯一兴趣是服务于他们自己的机构目标和他们的捐助者。
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