POLITICAL SCIENCE 330
THINK TANKS
We discussed the "quality of information" on the web. As with any general source of information (e.g., library),
certain of the particular sources are more reliable and respectable than other sources. You will need to learn
how to distinguish between the two. What is a 'legitimate' and 'authoritative' source of information?
In our increasingly complex classification system of websites -- those focusing upon knowledge -- we have:
I. Universities; II. Think Tanks; III. Advocacy Groups; & IV. Other
These classes, while helpful, are not always pure. If fact, one must think hard as to which of these sites,
if any, are truly trustworthy. This is not to say, however, that some sites cannot be trusted more than others.
What about the term 'think-tank'? This is a list of think tanks provided by Policy.com. How do you know
when to put a thing (i.e., a policy oriented group) into the container of "think-tank"? It is absolutely critical
for you to draw an increasingly refined line between 'good' and 'not so good' and 'bad' "think-tanks."
Don't forget to ask yourself what 'knowledge' actually is. I would suggest you look it up. You should
also look up the term 'legitimate.' Once you do this, the following question will make more sense:
Which of these represent true quality in terms of "legitimate" knowledge, and which are more suspicious?
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The
primary mission of the Acton Institute is to invoke religion as a defender
of liberty and as an educator of individual responsibility in a free
society. |
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The
African Development Institute, Inc., is an independent, non-partisan
policy research institute aimed at initiating practical solutions to
Africa's developmental crisis. Through education, research, and policy
analysis the organization hopes to be a catalyst for developing the human
and material potential of Africans. The organization challenges policies
that has lead to the stagnation of Africa's development and offers
alternative strategies towards continental self-sufficiency. |
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primary objective of the Africa Policy Information Center is to widen the
policy debate in the United States around African issues and the U.S. role
in Africa, by providing accessible policy-relevant information and
analysis usable by a wide range of groups and individuals. |
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The
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution was founded in 1986 to study, promote
and extend the principles of classical liberalism: political equality,
civil liberty and economic freedom. AdTI conducts research on five key
areas of concern to policy makers: education, immigration, national
defense, taxes and economic growth and deregulation. |
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The
American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary,
nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters
related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the
public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. |
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Founded
in 1943, the American Enterprise Institute sponsors original research on
government policy, the American economy and American politics. AEI
research aims to preserve and to strengthen the foundations of a free
society-government, competitive private enterprise, vital cultural and
political institutions and vigilant defense- through rigorous inquiry,
debate and writing. The institute is home to some of America's most
renowned economists, legal scholars, political scientists and foreign
policy specialists. AEI is an independent, nonpartisan organization
financed by tax-deductible contributions from corporations, foundations
and individuals. |
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The
American Foreign Policy Council is dedicated to bringing information to
those who make or influence the foreign policy of the United States and to
assist leaders in the former USSR and other parts of the world in building
democracies and market economies. |
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The
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies is a center for
advanced research, study and discussion of the politics, economy, culture,
and society of Germany. Established in 1984 and affiliated with the Johns
Hopkins University, the privately incorporated institute is dedicated to
independent and critical analysis and assessment. The fundamental purposes
of the institute are: to help develop a new generation of American
scholars with a thorough understanding of contemporary Germany; to deepen
American knowledge and understanding of current German developments; and
to contribute to American policy analysis of problems relating to Germany.
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The
Army War College Strategic Studies Institute is the U.S. Army's
strategic-level think tank. Its major missions are to analyze political
trends that affect national security policy and provide a bridge between
the U.S. Army and the wider strategic community. |
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The
Aspen Institute is an international, non-for-profit organization dedicated
to enhancing the ability of business and professional leaders to
understand and act upon the major issues challenging the national and
international community. |
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Today
the Atlantic Council continues as a bipartisan network of private
individuals who are convinced of the pivotal importance of transatlantic
and transpacific dialogue in promoting the effectiveness of U.S. foreign
policy and the cohesion of U.S. international relationships. |
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The
Atlas Economic Research Foundation, founded in 1981, is a nonprofit,
tax-exempt entity that helps to create, develop, advise and support
independent public policy research institutes internationally. |
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The
Bionomics Institute is a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to
replacing the traditional, mechanistic view of the economy with
economy-as-ecosystem thinking. |
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The
British American Security Information Council is an independent research
organization that analyzes international security policy in Europe and
North America. BASIC works to promote public awareness of defense,
disarmament, military strategy and nuclear policies in order to foster
informed debate on these issues. |
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The
Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to
research, education and publication in economics, government, foreign
policy and the social sciences generally. |
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Brookings
Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Studies |
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The
Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy seeks to
shape a new generation of urban policies that will help build strong
cities and metropolitan regions. In partnership with academics, private
and public sector leaders and locally-elected officials, the center will
inform the national debate on the impact of government policies, private
sector actions and national trends on cities and their metropolitan areas.
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The
Bureau of Governmental Research is a private, nonprofit, citizen-supported
research organization dedicated to informed public-policy making and the
improvement of local governments in the New Orleans metropolitan area. BGR
also focuses on state and national issues which effect the metropolitan
area. |
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The
mission of the California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) is to work
toward a society that is socially just, economically sustainable and
ecologically balanced. We are a blend of researchers and activists who,
for over twenty years have been working to improve the lives, communities,
and economies of rural areas. |
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Capital
Research Center was established in 1984 to study critical issues in
philanthropy, with a special focus on nonprofit "public
interest" and advocacy groups, the funding sources which sustain
them, their agendas (open and hidden), and their impact on public policy
and society. |
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The
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was established in 1910 in
Washington, D.C., with a gift from Andrew Carnegie. As a tax-exempt
operating (not grant-making) foundation, the endowment conducts programs
of research, discussion, publication and education in international
affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The endowment also publishes the
quarterly magazine, Foreign Policy . |
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The
Cascade Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonpolitical
organization, explores voluntary, market-oriented answers to Oregon's
public policy questions. |
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The
mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public
policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets,
individual liberty and peace. |
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The
mission of the Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies is to
increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs
of protectionism. Scholars at the Cato Trade Center recognize that open
markets mean wider choices and lower prices for businesses and consumers,
as well as more vigorous competition that encourages greater productivity.
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The
Center for Bioethics is an interdisciplinary, interprofessional unit of
the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. The Center's
mission is to advance scholarly and public understanding of ethical,
legal, social and public policy issues in health care. |
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Founded
in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, the Center for Defense
Information is a private, nongovernmental, research organization. CDI
seeks realistic and cost effective military spending without excess
expenditures for weapons and policies that increase the danger of war. It
supports adequate defense by evaluating our defense needs and how best to
meet them without wasteful spending or compromising our national security.
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The
CDT is a non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC.
The center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that
advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic values in new
computer and communications technologies. |
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As
the only think tank devoted exclusively to the promotion of colorblind
equal opportunity and racial harmony, the Center for Equal Opportunity is
uniquely positioned to counter the divisive impact of race conscious
public policies. CEO focuses on three areas in particular: racial
preferences, immigration and assimilation and multicultural education.
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The
Center for Governmental Research is an independent, nonprofit research and
management consulting organization that serves the public interest. By
developing comprehensive perspectives on issues facing communities, CGR
distinguishes itself as a unique professional resource empowering
government, business and nonprofit leaders to make informed decisions. CGR
takes the initiative to integrate facts and professional judgment into
practical recommendations that lead to significant public policy action
and organizational change. |
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The
Center for Governmental Studies is a Los Angeles-based public policy
organization that aims to promote public trust in government and to make
government more responsive to the needs of the electorate. Since its
founding in 1983, the center has formed three statewide blue-ribbon
commissions, the California Commission on Campaign Financing, the
California Citizens Budget Commission and the California Citizens Higher
Education Commission;founded the National Resource Center for State and
Local Campaign Financing; built The California Channel, the nation's first
statewide public affairs television network; and created The Democracy
Network the nation's first on-line, interactive video voters guide
developed for interactive television and the World Wide Web. |
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The
Center for Law and Social Policy is a national non-profit organization
with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through
education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the
economic conditions of low-income families with children and secure access
for the poor to our civil justice system. |
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The
Center for National Policy is a public policy organization based in
Washington, D.C. CNP is dedicated to developing better understanding about
major issues confronting the nation. Providing both a focus for analysis
and a forum for debate, the center operates with a core staff that
solicits information and ideas from a range of sources, including elected
officials, academic experts, interest groups, other organizations and
individual members of CNP's National Advisory Board and Board of
Directors. |
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The
mission of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies is to combat the spread
of weapons of mass destruction by training the next generation of
nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and
analysis. |
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The
Center for the Advancement of Paleo Orthodoxy is a distinctively biblical
and historic consortium of networked think tanks, publications, and
scholars. The purpose of the Center, located in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is to
shed ancient biblical light on modern issues. Admidst the demise of
modernity and postmodernism, CAPO is unconvinced that all earlier thinkers
should automatically be excluded from modern discussions, as if moderns
are inherently and categorically superior. |
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The
Center for Policy Alternatives is the nation's leading nonprofit,
nonpartisan public policy and leadership development center devoted to
community-based solutions that strengthen families and communities. CPA
links elected leaders at the state level with leaders of private and
non-profit sectors across the political spectrum, finding common ground,
new ideas and resources to create solutions that work. |
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The
Center for Political and Strategic Studies is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to broadening Western knowledge and understanding
of complex international and domestic events. Through publications,
briefings, and symposia, the center promotes informed debate on the nature
of international developments and assesses emerging trends to help shape a
more forward-looking approach to issues of vital long-term importance to
the United States. The center provides an organizational vehicle for
scholars, but does not itself advocate specific policies or attempt to
influence legislation. |
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The
Center for Public Policy Priorities is a non-partisan, non-profit policy
research organization committed to improving public policies and private
practices that influence the economic and social prospects and conditions
of individuals, families, and communities. |
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The
Center for Responsive Politics is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group
based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress and
particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. The
center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the
news media, academics, activists and other interested observers of
Congress. The center's work is aimed at creating a more involved citizenry
and a more responsive Congress. |
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The
Center for Security Policy exists as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
to stimulate and inform the national and international debate about all
aspects of security policy, notably those policies bearing on the foreign,
defense, economic, financial and technology interests of the United
States. |
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The
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is an independent policy
research institute established to promote innovative thinking about
defense planning and investment strategies for the 21st century. CSBA
research makes clear the inextricable link between defense strategies and
budgets in fostering a more effective and efficient defense, and the need
to transform the U.S. military in light of the emerging military
revolution. |
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The
Center for Strategic and International Studies is a public policy research
institution dedicated to policy analysis and impact. CSIS is the only
institution of its kind that maintains resident experts on all the world's
major geographical regions. It also covers key functional areas, such as
international finance, the emerging markets, U.S. domestic and economic
policy related to the strengthening of America and U.S. foreign policy and
national security issues. |
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The
Center for Taiwan International Relations is a private, non-profit,
non-partisan research organization established in Washington, D.C. in
1988. CTIR has always maintained that the sovereignty of Taiwan (including
the Pescadores) belongs to 21 million people of Taiwan, and to no one
else. |
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The
Center for the American Woman and Politics is a university-based research,
education and public service center. Its mission is to promote greater
understanding and knowledge about women's relationship to politics and
government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.
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The
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, a non-profit, non-partisan,
tax-exempt foundation that accepts no government grants, was established
to publish and disseminate information regarding the principles upon which
the American free enterprise system was founded, to relate the application
of those principles to contemporary American society, to engage in and
foster research and study of issues relating to economics, economic
trends, and governmental regulatory bodies and their interaction with the
free market, and to defend the right of individual Americans and American
business to participate in the free market without hindrance by
government. |
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The
Center for the New West is a Denver-based independent, nonprofit and
nonpartisan institution that explores trends transforming the Western
United States and helps business, civic and political leaders respond to
these changes and shape the policy environment. The center believes that
the grandest traditions of the West (freedom, big dreams and opportunity,
limited government and local control, self-reliance and personal
responsibility, stewardship of the land, new technologies and innovation)
offer the keys to building a better America in the decades ahead. The
center's work concentrates on the telecomputing and biotechnology
revolutions; Western leadership and environmental education. |
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The
Center for the Study of American Business was established at Washington
University in St. Louis in 1975 to improve public understanding of the
American business system and to foster a public policy environment in
which the U.S. market economy can prosper. In the intervening years, the
center's research has been recognized nationwide as a quality product in
the "marketplace of ideas." Its findings reach a wide audience
of influential figures in business, government, academia and the national
media. |
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The
Center for the Study of the Presidency, a public policy research center,
is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational corporation. Its goals are to
build better citizens, better government and better leaders. Its primary
focus is the American presidency and it seeks to develop a discipline of
learning and a body of literature related thereto. The center also seeks
to better relate the business community to domestic and foreign public
policy issues through leadership conferences and to democratic
institutions both at home and abroad. |
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For
more than 25 years, the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers
University has informed the nation with its broad spectrum of urban
research. Under the directorship of Norman J. Glickman, CUPR has made its
mark in analyses of urban poverty, community development, economic
development and forecasting, housing, land use, environmental policy and
geographic information systems. CUPR is concerned with both academic urban
research and the practical application of research results to policy
design and implementation. |
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The
mission of the Center for What Works is to improve the effectiveness of
social policy by assisting public and non-profit sector organizations to
systematically identify and replicate best practices. The Center has
pioneered the practice of benchmarking for best practices in the
non-profit sector. It is the Center's work to identify, evaluate and
disseminate successful solutions to social problems to policy makers,
corporations, foundations, academics, non-profits and the public at large.
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The
Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy serves as a catalyst for
the participation of women from diverse social, cultural and economic
backgrounds in the political life of the Commonwealth (Massachussetts) and
the nation. The Center collaborates with a range of organizations,
institutes and media to promote awareness of issues involving women,
politics and policy development. |
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The
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and
policy institute that provides timely analysis on government policies and
programs that affect people of low-and moderate-incomes. Areas of the
Center's work include budget and tax policy, nutrition and food programs,
labor market policies, welfare, Medicaid, housing, and income
distribution. |
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The
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy was formed in 1996 to better
understand nonprofits and philanthropy and to strengthen and encourage the
use of basic data sets that relate to these organizations. One of the
center's chief components is the National Center for Charitable
Statistics. The mission of NCCS is to build compatible national, state and
regional databases and to develop uniform standards for reporting on the
activities of charitable organizations. In addition to its statistical
work, the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy examines the financing of
nonprofit organizations, the effects of nonprofits on civic participation
and the role of government policies such as tax incentives and block
grants in influencing philanthropy. |
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The
Centre for Independent Studies is the leading independent public policy
research institute in Australia and New Zealand committed to individual
liberty and choice, including freedoms of association, religion, speech
and the right to property; an economy based on free and competitive
markets; democratic government under the rule of law and the importance of
an autonomous and free civil society. |
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Since
1919, the Twentieth Century Fund, a nonpartisan foundation, has been at
the forefront researching and writing about progressive public policy. It
produces books, reports, and other publications and convenes task forces
of citizens and experts -- all with an eye toward finding fresh approaches
to the major issues of the day. |
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Child
Trends, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated
to studying children, youth, and families through research, data
collection, and data analyses. Child Trends was established in 1979 and
currently has a staff of 39 researchers, analysts, and administrative and
support personnel. |
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The
mission of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and
Political Philosophy is to restore the principles of the American Founding
to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. Through its
op-eds, books, policy briefings, conferences and seminars --and the Web
site -- the Institute engages Americans in an informed discussion of the
principles and policies necessary to restore the original understanding of
the Constitution. |
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The
Clean Water Network is an alliance of over 1000 organization that endorse
our platform paper, the National Agenda for Clean Water. The Agenda
outlines the need for strong clean water safeguards in order to protect
public health and the environment. Two staff members in Washington, D.C.
coordinate information and activities for the Network. A Steering
Committee meets every two weeks to make strategic decisions on the
Network’s course of action. |
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The
Committee for Economic Development is an independent, nonpartisan
organization of business and education leaders dedicated to policy
research on the major economic and social issues of our time and the
implementation of its recommendations by the public and private sectors.
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The
Committee for the Study of the American Electorate is a Washington-based,
non-partisan, non-profit tax exempt research institution with a primary
focus on issues surrounding citizen engagement in politics. |
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The
Committee on Nuclear Policy is a unique collaborative effort by the
directors of over fifteen independent research projects. The committee
facilitates cooperation among the projects so that their expertise and
analyses can be made available to journalists, policy analysts and
policy-makers in a timely and usable fashion. |
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The
Commonwealth Institute is a progressive public policy research and
educational organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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The
Competition Policy Institute was established in 1996 to develop and
advocate policies which bring the benefits of competition to consumers of
telecommunications and energy services. CPI is a new voice to support
state and federal policies which promote competition in these industries
in ways that benefit consumers. |
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The
Congressional Institute, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to
helping Members of Congress better serve the nation and to helping the
public better understand public policy debates and the operations of the
national legislature. Through the sponsorship of educational conferences
and seminars, values-based research and this Internet site, the institute
seeks to further discourse on issues of public importance. |
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The
mission of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is
to identify food and fiber, environmental, and other agricultural issues
and to interpret related scientific research information for legislators,
regulators, and the media for use in public policy decision making. CAST
is a nonprofit organization composed of 38 scientific societies and many
individual, student, company, nonprofit, and associate society members.
CAST's Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the scientific
societies and individual members, and an Executive Committee. CAST was
established in 1972 as a result of a 1970 meeting sponsored by the
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. |
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The
Council on Foreign Relations, established in 1921, is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan membership organization that takes no position on issues but
is dedicated to improving the understanding of international affairs and
American foreign policy through the free exchange of ideas. |
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The
Cyberspace Policy Institute, established in October 1993, is a center for
GW and the Washington area for the analysis of policy problems that have a
significant computer systems component.Inside GW, the Institute brings
together researchers with interests in these areas, bridging discipline
barriers, much as the new information age is bridging cultural and
geopolitical barriers. Outside, it works with government and private
organizations to examine important issues in computer and communications
systems policy. |
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The
Discovery Institute is a center for national and international affairs
based in Seattle, Wash. Its programs center on the application of advanced
technology to individual liberty, representative democracy, free
enterprise, internationalism and the enduring moral principles of
civilized society. |
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The
Economic Opportunity Institute develops pragmatic public policy that
sustains security, hope and opportunity for Washington citizens. The
institute defines and details new public policies that address the
bread-and-butter issues faced every day by middle income and low income
families and builds a bridge to economic security through research,
policy, and media work. |
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Founded
in 1986 by a group of economic policy experts, the Economic Policy
Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the
public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
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The
Economic Strategy Institute was founded out of the deep concern of key
U.S. industry and labor leaders with the erosion of America's economic
leadership, and with the hostility of media and academic commentators
toward efforts to halt the slide. ESI works to define a new economic
agenda by challenging old assumptions and developing an integrated,
macro/micro economic strategy to realize the full potential of America's
rich material and human resources. |
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The
Education Policy Institute is nonprofit organization devoted to
educational research, policy analysis and training from a public choice
and market oriented perspective. |
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The
Educational Excellence Network seeks to improve the education system in
the United States. It argues that currently, students are being deprived
of a quality education. |
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EPIC
is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was
established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties
issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment and constitutional
values. |
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Electronic,
Commerce, Law and Policy Strategies is the Ohio Supercomputer Center's
technology policy group. Established in 1995, ECLIPS addresses the
technological, legal, and policy issues embedded in new and emerging
computing and information technology applications. |
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Established
in 1978, the Employee Benefit Research Institute is the only nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and
education on economic security and employee benefits. The institute's
mission is to advance the public's, the media's and policymaker's
knowledge and understanding of employee benefits and their importance to
our nation's economy. |
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The
Employment Policies Institute is a nonprofit research organization
dedicated to studying entry-level employment issues such as the minimum
wage, part-time workers, welfare to work and illiteracy. |
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The
Employment Policy Foundation is a research and education foundation whose
purpose is to provide policymakers and the public with the highest quality
economic analysis and commentary on U.S. employment policies affecting the
competitive goals of American industry and the people it employs. The
foundation conducts studies of the economic and productivity consequences
of employment legislation, executive orders, regulations, and court
decisions. Through a wide-ranging communications program, it seeks to
provide a sound basis for assessing the utility of existing employment
policies and proposals for reform. |
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Empower
America was formed in 1993 to support basic principles of economic growth,
spreading freedom and democracy world-wide and restoring America's
cultural heritage. |
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The
Environmental Law Institute advances environmental protection by improving
law, policy and management. ELI researches pressing problems, educates
professionals and citizens about the nature of these issues and convenes
all sectors in forging effective solutions. |
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The
Ethics and Public Policy Center was established in 1976 to clarify and
reinforce the bond between the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the
public debate over domestic and foreign policy issues. Its program
includes research, writing, publication and conferences. The center
affirms the political relevance of the great Western ethical
imperatives--respect for the dignity of every person, individual freedom
and responsibility, justice, the rule of law and limited government. It
maintains that moral reasoning is an essential complement to empirical
calculation in the shaping of public policy. |
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The
European Policy Forum is an independent international research institute.
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The
Federation of American Scientists is engaged in analysis and advocacy on
science, technology and public policy for global security. |
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The
Financial Markets Center is an independent, nonprofit institute that
provides research and education resources to grassroots groups, unions,
policy-makers and journalists interested in the Federal Reserve System and
financial markets. Through its work, the Center seeks to promote
democratic values, accountable public institutions and improved living
standards for ordinary citizens. |
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The
Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability is
a research unit of the Florida Legislature under the oversight of the
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee. Created to help improve the
performance and accountability of state government, OPPAGA conducts
studies on the performance of state agencies and programs to identify ways
to improve services and cut costs. |
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The
Foreign Policy In Focus project is reaching out to hundreds of
foreign policy organizations and experts to make the best of foreign
policy analysis available to policymakers and the public. As a joint
project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for
Policy Studies Working, Foreign Policy In Focus is creating a
comprehensive and compelling new foreign policy agenda for the United
States. |
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The
Foreign Policy Institute - Turkey was founded in 1974 as an independent
research organization to study issues related with Turkish Foreign Policy.
During the past twenty-one years it has enlarged its activities to cover
strategic and regional studies and international affairs. |
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The
Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse
established in 1956. The center's mission is to foster public
understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing
and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving and related
subjects. The audiences that call on the center's resources include
grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media and the
general public. |
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The
Fraser Institute was founded in 1974 to redirect public attention to the
role markets can play in providing for the economic and social well-being
of Canadians. |
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Founded
on June 5, 1993, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security
Studies is dedicated to stabilizing and thereby strengthening Post-Cold
War Europe. Specifically, the center aids defense and foreign ministries
in Europe's aspiring democracies to develop national security
organizations and systems that reflect democratic principles. |
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The
Goldwater Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, research and
educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy. Through
its research papers, editorials, and policy briefings, the Institute
advocates public policy founded upon the principles of limited government,
economic freedom and individual responsibility. |
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Greening
Earth Society has emerged through the conviction that if grassroots
citizens are afforded information expanding their understanding of the
benefits of fossil fuels and the positive effects of carbon dioxide on the
earth’s biosphere, they will make decisions beneficial both to mankind
and the planet. To this end, Greening Earth Society serves as a vehicle to
provide sound information about CO2 and fossil fuels to educators,
students, business, media, community leaders, and policy makers. |
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The
Heartland Institute, incorporated in 1984, sponsors and promotes sound
research on the problems faced by state and local governments. |
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The
Henry L. Stimson Center was founded in 1989 and is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan institution that concentrates on particularly difficult
national and international security and foreign policy issues where
technology, policy and politics intersect. The center deals extensively
with reducing and eliminating weapons of mass destruction, foreign policy
issues and the conflict of U.S. involvement abroad and confidence building
measures in South-East Asia and China. |
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The
Heritage Foundation was established in 1973 as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt
policy research institute dedicated to the principles of free competitive
enterprise, limited government, individual liberty and a strong national
defense. |
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The
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, founded in 1919, is a
center for advanced study in domestic and international affairs. |
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The
purpose of the Howard Center is to provide research and understanding that
demonstrate and affirm family and religion as the foundation of a virtuous
and free society. |
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The
Hudson Institute is a private, not-for-profit research organization
founded in 1961. Hudson analyzes and makes recommendations about public
policy for business and government executives and for the public at large.
More than thirty years of work on the most important issues of the day has
allowed Hudson to forge a viewpoint that embodies skepticism about the
conventional wisdom, optimism about solving problems, a commitment to free
institutions and individual responsibility, an appreciation of the crucial
role of technology in achieving progress, and an abiding respect for the
importance of values, culture and religion in human affairs. |
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The
Independence Institute was established upon the eternal truths of the
Declaration of Independence. Founded in 1985, the Independence Institute
is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated
to providing timely information to concerned citizens, government
officials and public opinion leaders. |
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Through
uncommon independence, depth and clarity, the Independent Institute pushes
at the frontiers of our knowledge, redefines the debate over public
issues, and fosters new and effective directions for government reform.
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The
Institute for America's Future was founded in 1996 by Americans who
believe that the debate over the country's future is far too important to
allow it to be dominated by one well-funded, conservative, point of view.
America's Future will work to revitalize a progressive agenda, and fight
to make this economy work for working people once again. |
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The
Institute for American Values is a private, nonpartisan organization
devoted to research and public education on issues of family and civil
society. The Institute's mission is to examine the status and future of
the family and the sources of competence, character, and citizenship.
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The
Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington
University is the nation's leading center for communitarian policy
research. The Institute is a nonpartisan research organization dedicated
to finding constructive solutions to social problems through morally
informed policy analysis and open moral dialogue. In its research papers
and other publications, the Institute seeks to bring the best scholarship
and analysis to bear on policy issues affecting family, schools, the
community, and the moral climate of society as a whole. |
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Founded
in 1974, the Institute for Contemporary Studies is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan policy research institute. To fulfill its mission to promote
self-governing and entrepreneurial ways of life, ICS sponsors a variety of
programs and publications on key issues including education,
entrepreneurship, the environment, leadership, and social policy. |
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The
Institute for Continuing Care is a nonprofit research and educational
organization established to study the future of continuing care support
and services. The ICC provides a forum for discussion bringing together
scholars and providers with federal, state, and community leaders to
address issues and to investigate continuing care options for elderly and
disabled populations. |
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The
Institute for Fiscal Studies aims to bridge the gap between policy-makers
and academics: to bring academic rigor to policy discussion and policy
relevance to academic research. |
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The
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis is an independent, nonpartisan
research organization that conducts research, publishes studies, convenes
seminars and conferences, promotes education, and trains policy analysts
in the fields of foreign policy and national security affairs. |
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The
Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies provides gay-positive
research on issues affecting homosexuals. |
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The
Institute for Higher Education Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization whose mission is to foster access to and quality in
postsecondary education. The institute's activities are designed to
promote innovative solutions to the important and complex issues facing
higher education. |
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The
Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan
research institution devoted to the study of international economic
policy. Since 1981, the institute has provided timely, objective analysis
of key international economic problems and proposed concrete solutions to
them. |
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The
Institute for Metropolitan Affiars is affiliated with Roosevelt University
in Chicago, and concentrates on the following issue areas: community
development policy, community health, public education, and community
safety.The Institute is bi-partisan and combines the best qualities of
academic policy centers, think tanks and civic organizations. |
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The
Institute for National Strategic Studies was established in July 1984 as
an interdisciplinary research institute staffed by senior civilian and
military analysts from all four armed services. |
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The
Institute for Palestine Studies is a private, nonprofit Arab institute
unaffiliated with any political organization or government. Established in
1963 in Beirut, IPS promotes research, analysis, and documentation on the
Arab-Israeli conflict and its peaceful resolution. IPS publishes
quarterlies in three languages and maintains offices in Beirut, Paris,
London, Nicosia, Jerusalem, and Washington. |
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The
Institute for Policy Innovation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
think tank based in Lewisville, Texas and founded in 1987 to research,
develop and promote innovative and nonpartisan solutions to today's public
policy problems. |
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The
Institute for Policy Studies has served as an independent center for
progressive research and education for more than three decades. |
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The
Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan,
university-based research center. As such it takes no stand on public
policy issues. Any opinions expressed in its publications are those of its
authors and not of the Institute. |
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The
mission of the Institute for Security Studies is to enhance human security
in Africa through applied research and the dissemination of information
that can inform decisions on critical areas of individual, national,
regional and international security. The Institute is committed to
democracy, good governance and the promotion of common security. |
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The
Institute for Socioeconomic Studies is a nonprofit foundation with broad
research interests relating to the quality of life, social motivation,
poverty, urban regeneration and the problems of the elderly, primarily as
they relate to domestic government policy. Since its founding in 1974 by
Dr. Leonard M. Greene, the institute has been exploring approaches to
comprehensive welfare reform, work incentives, national health care
financing and related social policy issues. |
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The
Institute for the Study of Civic Values is a nonprofit organization
established in Philadelphia in 1973 to promote the fulfillment of
America's historic civic ideals. |
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The
Institute for Women's Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit,
501(c)(3) certified, scientific research organization established to
rectify the limited availability of relevant policy research on women's
lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance
for women. Unlike most other research institutes, IWPR's work places
women's experiences at the center of each analysis. |
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The
Institute of Economic Affairs is a research and educational charity that
was incorporated in 1955 and began publishing regularly in 1957. It
specializes in studies of markets and pricing systems as technical devices
for registering preferences and apportioning resources. |
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The
Interhemispheric Resource Center, founded in 1979, produces books, policy
reports, and periodicals about U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-Mexico border
issues. |
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International
Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
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The
IEA logo circumscribed by the symbol earth denotes an international
association of prominent research institutions, universities and ministry
of education units in over 45 countries around the world. The aims of IEA
are spelled out in its mission statement "...[to undertake] the
conduct of comparative studies focusing on educational policies and
practices in order to enhance learning within and across systems of
education." |
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The
International Institute for Strategic Studies, founded in 1958, is an
independent center for research, information and debate on the problems of
conflict, that have, or potentially have, an important military context.
Its work is grounded in an appreciation of the various political, economic
and social problems that can lead to instability, as well as the factors
that can lead to international cooperation. |
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The
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism was established in
1996 at the academic Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya in Israel. ICT's
efforts and resources are dedicated to approaching the issue of terrorism
globally -- that is, as a strategic problem that faces not only Israel but
other countries as well. |
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The
Internet Law & Policy Forum is dedicated to promoting global growth of
e-commerce by contributing to a better understanding of the particular
legal issues which arise from the cross border nature of the electronic
medium. The ILPF provides information, calling upon legal and technical
experts from its member companies and other businesses, from governments
and intergovernmental organizations, from academia, and from the private
practice of law around the world. It offers a spectrum of resources to
lawyers and legal policy experts and provides a neutral forum for
discussion of legal and policy issues which will effect the growth of
global electronic commerce. |
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The
Internet Policy Institute is the nation's first independent, nonprofit
research and educational institute created to provide objective analysis,
research, education, and outreach on economic, social and policy issues
affecting and affected by the global development and use of the Internet.
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The
James Madison Institute is a Florida-based nonprofit research and
educational organization chartered in 1987. The guiding philosophy of the
institute is based on a profound belief in such timeless ideals as
economic freedom, limited government, federalism, traditional values, the
rule of law and individual liberty coupled with individual responsibility.
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The
Japan Information Access Project is a nonprofit research center
strengthening international understanding of Japanese and Northeast Asian
science, technology, finance, security, and public policy. |
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The
Japan Policy Research Institute is a non-profit membership organization
dedicated to the promotion of understanding of Japan's political economic
behavior and growing significance in world affairs. |
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The
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs seeks to educate the
American public about the importance of an effective U.S. defense
capability and inform the American defense and foreign affairs community
about the role Israel can play in bolstering democratic interests in the
Mediterranean and the Middle East. |
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The
John Locke Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy institute based
in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose is to conduct research,
disseminate information, and advance public understanding of society based
on the principles of individual liberty, the voluntary exchanges of a free
market economy and limited government. |
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The
Ashbrook Center is an academic forum for the study, research and
discussion of the principles and practices of American constitutional
government and politics. The Ashbrook Center's programs are directed to
the scholarly defense of individual liberty, limited constitutional
government and civic morality, which together constitute our democratic
way of life. |
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The
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a national, nonprofit
institution that conducts research on public policy issues of special
concern to African Americans, with emphasis on the informed and effective
involvement of blacks in the governmental process. Founded in 1970, the
Joint Center provides independent analyses through research, publication,
and outreach programs. |
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The
Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics was established at Georgetown
University in 1971 as a teaching and research center to offer moral and
ethical perspectives on major policy issues. It is the largest university
based group of scholars in the world devoted to research and teaching in
biomedical ethics and other fields of applied ethics. |
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The
Koch Crime Institute is committed to research and policy analysis. It
consults and partners with communities, other states, organizations, and
well-known institutions interested in preventing, reducing, and fighting
crime in the most effective and economical ways possible. |
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Since
1927, the Labor Research Association has been providing economic and
political analysis for trade unions through its publications and studies.
LRA's mission remains the same as it was when it was founded: to provide
economic and strategic assistance to working people and their unions in
the contest with employers over their wages, working conditions and rights
on the job, and with governments over the budgets, laws and regulations
that affect their lives. LRA is the only independent, non-profit,
unionized think-tank and strategic consulting group assisting labor unions
in the United States. |
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The
Levy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independently funded research
organization devoted to public service. Through scholarship and economic
forecasting it generates viable, effective public policy responses to
important economic problems that profoundly affect the quality of life in
the United States and abroad. |
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The
Lindesmith Center is a policy research institute founded in 1994 that
focuses on broadening the debate on drug policy and related issues. The
center houses a library and information center, organizes seminars and
conferences, acts as a link between scholars, government and the media,
directs a grants program in central and eastern Europe and undertakes
projects on special topics such as methadone policy reform and
alternatives to drug testing in the workplace. The guiding principle of
the center is harm reduction, an alternative approach to drug policy and
treatment that focuses on minimizing the adverse effects of both drug use
and drug prohibition. Particular attention is focused on analyzing the
experiences of foreign countries in reducing drug-related harms. |
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The
Lone Star Conservatives is a group of young professionals who share a
common love of country and an interest in politics. |
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The
Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and
educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life for all
Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy
questions. The Mackinac Center assists policy makers, scholars, business
people, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of
Michigan issues. The goal of all center reports, commentaries and
educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision
makers to better evaluate policy options. |
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The
Manhattan Institute is a nonpartisan, independent research and educational
organization supported by tax-deductible gifts from individuals,
foundations, and corporations. The institute's goal is to develop and
encourage public policies at all levels of government which will allow
individuals the greatest scope for achieving their potential, both as
participants in a productive economy and as members of a functioning
society. |
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The
Manpower Development Research Corporation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
research organization that develops and evaluates innovative approaches to
moving people from welfare to work, building a stronger workforce through
training, revitalizing low-income communities and improving secondary
education for at-risk youth. |
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The
Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth is an independent
state-based think tank informing the public debate about the most critical
economic and social issues affecting the health of Massachusetts and its
working and middle-class citizens. |
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The
Middle East Institute, founded in 1946, is dedicated to educating
Americans about the Middle East. To achieve this, MEI offers cultural and
political seminars, the quarterly Middle East Journal, Middle Eastern
languages classes, an annual conference, the George Camp Keiser Library,
educational outreach materials, and internships. |
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The
Milken Institute is a non-profit economic think tank whose mission is the
explore and explain the dynamics of world economic growth. Its research
agenda includes analysis of corporate finance, capital markets and
financial institutions; the global economy; education, labor markets and
human capital; and regional economics and demographics. |
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Morrison
Institute for Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State
University |
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The
Morrison Institute for Public Policy is a resource for objective policy
analysis and expertise. The Institute researches public policy issues,
informs policy makers and residents, and advises leaders on choices and
actions. |
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For
advice on the scientific issues that frequently pervade policy decisions,
the nation's leaders often turn to the institution that was specially
created for this purpose: the National Academy of Sciences and its sister
organizations -- the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of
Medicine and the National Research Council. These non-profit
organizations provide a public service by working outside the framework of
government to ensure independent advice on matters of science, technology
and medicine. They enlist committees of the nation's top scientists,
engineers and other experts -- all of whom volunteer their time to study
specific concerns. The results of their deliberations have inspired some
of America's most significant and lasting efforts to improve the health,
education and welfare of the population. |
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The
National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization made up of the nation's leading experts on social insurance.
Its mission is to conduct research and enhance public understanding of
social insurance, develop new leaders, and provide a nonpartisan forum for
exchange of ideas on important issues in the field of social insurance.
The academy's research covers social insurance systems such as Social
Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and
related social assistance and private employee benefits. |
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Founded
in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater
understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to promoting
and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers,
business professionals, and the academic community. |
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The
National Center for Education Information is a private, non-partisan
research organization in Washington, D.C. specializing in survey research
and data analysis. NCEI is an authoritative source of information about
alternative teacher preparation and certification. Founded in 1980, NCEI
has conducted several national and state studies which include: surveys of
teachers, school administrators, school board presidents, state
departments of education, local school districts and individuals
interested in becoming teachers. |
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The
National Center for Policy Analysis was established in 1983 as a
nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research institute. Its mission is to
seek private-sector solutions to public policy problems. The Center plays
an active role in unleashing the power of change by identifying and
encouraging the best scholarly research and aggressively marketing the
results. The NCPA -- "Making Ideas Change The World." |
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The
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education was established in
1998 to promote the public interest regarding opportunity, affordability
and quality in American higher education. As an independent, nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization, the National Center provides action-oriented
analyses of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high
school. |
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The
National Center for Public Policy Research, founded in 1982, is a
tax-exempt conservative action foundation. It uses research, information
dissemination and grassroots and coalition educational programs to develop
and illustrate to the general public the conservative perspective on issue
of national concern. |
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National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University |
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The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University is
a unique think/action tank that brings together under one roof all of the
professional disciplines (health policy, medicine and nursing,
communications, economics, sociology and anthropology, law and law
enforcement, business, religion and education) needed to study and combat
all forms of substance abuse -- illegal drugs, pills, alcohol and tobacco
-- as they affect all aspects of society. |
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The
National Center on Education and the Economy is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the development of a comprehensive US system of
education, employment and training. |
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The
mission of the National Center on Fathers and Families is to improve the
life chances of children and the efficacy of families and to support the
conduct and dissemination of research that advances the understanding of
father involvement. |
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The
National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament is a
non-profit, non-partisan research and public education organization
dedicated to educating the public on the need and the means for an orderly
transfer of military resources to civilian use. |
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The
mission of NHERI is three-fold: to produce high-quality research on home
education; to serve as a clearinghouse of research for home educators,
researchers, policy makers, and the media; and to educate the public
concerning the findings of all such research. |
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The
National Institute for Healthcare Research conducts and mobilizes
scientific research on the relationship between spirituality and physical,
mental and social health. We use this research to develop innovative
educational and communications strategies to reach healthcare and academic
professional as well as the general public. Our intent is to become the
world's premiere authority on the spirituality-health interface. |
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NORC
is a non-profit corporation affiliated with the University of Chicago that
conducts survey research in the public interest for government agencies,
educational institutions, private foundations, non-profit organizations,
and private corporations. We collect data to help policy makers,
researchers, educators, and others address the crucial issues facing the
government, organizations, and the public. |
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The
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a nonprofit
organization founded in 1990 dedicated to eliminating birth defects caused
by alcohol consumption during pregnancy and improving the quality of life
for those individuals and families affected. |
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The
National Policy Association is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization that conducts research and formulates policy on
public-interest issues. It was founded in 1934 on the conviction that the
private sector should participate actively in the making of public policy.
NPA's constituencies of business, labor, agriculture and academia
participate in its four policy committees and research and publications
program. Through these efforts NPA provides policy makers and the public
with informed private sector perspectives on key economic and social
concerns. |
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The
National Regulatory Research Institute was established by the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners at Ohio State University
in 1976 to provide research, educational services and technical services
to the state regulatory commissions. At the highest level of
generalization, the goals of the NRRI are accomplished through research,
education, and service. To the NRRI, this means contributing to basic and
applied research in the diverse fields of utility regulation, providing
educational and training experiences to the members of the regulatory
community, and offering technical assistance and expertise to the public
service commissions. The central objective of the NRRI is to help
strengthen state public service commission regulation. |
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The
National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of
Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and
technology with the academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising
the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies
determined by the academy, the National Research Council has become the
principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and
the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the
government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities.
The National Research Council is administered jointly by both academies
and the Institute of Medicine. |
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The
National Taxpayers Conference is a private, nonprofit corporation whose
members are the full-time chief executive officers of statewide
associations devoted to the pursuit of objective and unbiased analysis of
public finance issues in their states. For close to 70 years, NTC members
have provided credible, non-partisan analysis of pressing fiscal issues in
their states and have advocated for the adoption of sound fiscal policies.
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The
National Taxpayers Union Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational research
organization founded in 1977. Research by NTUF has played a significant
role in shaping the public debate over congressional accountability for
bill sponsorship and floor votes, health care reform, franking privileges,
entitlement spending, and congressional pay and pensions. |
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The
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development is a
policy-oriented research and consulting organization. Nautilus promotes
international cooperation for security and ecologically sustainable
development. Programs embrace both global and regional issues, with a
focus on the Asia-Pacific region. |
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The
Network on European and Transatlantic Security is a coalition of
organisations and experts focusing on security policy questions
confronting Europe. This network has expertise in a wide variety of
security related topics including NATO and Western European Union
activities, Russian security policy, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Mediterranean security, European Union security
policy, nuclear weapons in Europe, weapons trade and nuclear
non-proliferation. |
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Nexus
is a network for all those interested in contributing to debate on the
priorities and policies of the British government. It is formally
independent of any particular political party and is a space within which
ideas and empirical issues can be debated outside the immediate electoral
and media pressures that face politicians. |
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The
Nixon Center is a non-partisan institution and operates as a substantively
and programmatically independent division of The Richard Nixon Library and
Birthplace Foundation. The center explores ways of enhancing American
security and prosperity while taking into account the legitimate
perspectives of other nations. |
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The
North American Institute is a trinational public affairs organization
which studies the emerging regional space of Canada, the United States,
and Mexico and the development of a North American community. The emphasis
is on trade and the environment, institutional developments and the
social-cultural roots of our identities. |
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Founded
in 1981, the Nuclear Control Institute is an independent research and
advocacy center specializing in problems of nuclear proliferation.
Nonpartisan and nonprofit, NCI monitors nuclear activities worldwide and
pursues strategies to halt the spread and reverse the growth of nuclear
arms. |
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ECLIPS
is Ohio Supercomputer Center's technology policy group. Established in
1995, ECLIPS relies on OSC’s strong network of academic computing
expertise and addresses the technological, legal, and policy issues
embedded in new and emerging computing and information technology
applications. |
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The
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs is a nonpartisan think tank formulating
and promoting public policy research and analysis consistent with the
principles of free enterprise, limited government and individual
initiative. |
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OMB
Watch is a nonprofit research, educational and advocacy organization that
focuses on budget, regulatory, nonprofit advocacy and information policy.
OMB Watch co-chairs several coalitions in these issue areas, and is a
leader in the use of communications technology (i.e., e-mail, the World
Wide Web and on-line databases) for collecting and disseminating policy
information on such issues to community groups across the nation. |
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The
Oregon Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan policy research
organization. The Center conducts research and analysis on a wide variety
of topics with an emphasis on budget and tax policy as it affects low and
moderate income Oregonians. This website will be updated whenever we have
new information, so check back often! |
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The
Overseas Development Council is an independent, international policy
research institution based in Washington, DC, that seeks to improve
decision-making on multilateral cooperation to promote more effective
development and the better management of related global problems. ODC
provides analysis, information and evaluation of multilateral policies,
actions and institutions; develops innovative ideas and new policy
proposals; and creates opportunities for decision makers and other
interested parties to participate in discussions of critical global issues
and decisions. |
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The
Overseas Development Institute is an independent British think-tank
centering on international development and humanitarian issues. The
Institute regularly provides advice on development issues to a wide range
of organizations including governments, international agencies, and
non-governmental bodies. |
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Pacific
Institute for Studies in Development, Environment & Security |
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The
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is
an independent, non-profit center created in 1987 to conduct research and
policy analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable development, and
international security. The Institute strives to improve policy through
sound research and consistent dialogue with action-oriented groups from
the international to local level. |
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Pacific
Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security |
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The
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is
an independent, non-profit center created in 1987 to conduct research and
policy analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable development, and
international security. Underlying all of the Institute's work is the
recognition that the pressing problems of environmental degradation,
regional and global poverty, and political tension and conflict are
fundamentally interrelated, and that long-term solutions require an
interdisciplinary perspective. |
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The
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of
individual freedom and personal responsibility. The institute believes
these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a
free economy, private initiative and limited government. By focusing on
public policy issues such as education, the environment, law, economics
and social welfare, the institute strives to foster a better understanding
of the principles of a free society among leaders in government, academia,
the media and the business community. |
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Phoenix
Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies |
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The
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Policy Studies is a
non-profit (application with IRS pending) organization founded in 1998
dedicated to filling the substantial vacuum for high quality, objective,
independent and non-partisan academic and scholarly analysis concerning
the complex legal, economic and societal public policy issues of the day.
To facilitate this objective, this site is designed to act both as a
"clearing house" of ideas and as a free, no-cost source for
academic research in order to raise the level of the public dialectic.
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Pioneer
Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, Boston-based public policy research
institute. Pioneer seeks to change the intellectual climate in
Massachusetts by supporting scholarship that develops alternative
approaches to real-world social and economic issues. The Institute
believes that individual freedom and responsibility, limited and
accountable government, and the expanded application of free-market
principles to public policy contribute to greater human dignity,
happiness, and economic prosperity. |
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The
PIR Center has the following objectives: to promote principles of
democracy and law in Russia; to make information on security issues
available to the public and to distribute this information to the general
public and experts via newsletters, journals, and study papers; to
independently analyze the most urgent international security issues from a
Russian perspective; and to educate Russian decision makers, legislators,
young researchers, and students in the areas of international security and
arms control. |
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Orginally
founded in 1986 as a nonprofit educational and research foundation, the
Southern Exchange expanded into the Policy Exchange Foundation in 1994. As
the foundation has grown, the focus has remained on issues, policy and
legislation across the nation. The nonpartisan forum has allowed for
candor that is seldom achieved elsewhere. From policy conferences to daily
work on the problem issues confronting our nation, the foundation's
commitment remains the same ... finding the best, most practical solutions
available. |
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The
Political Economy Research Center is a market-oriented think tank focusing
on environmental and natural resource issues. Its research and policy
analysis cover endangered species, forestry, fisheries, parks, public
lands, property rights, Superfund, water and environmental education.
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Political
and economic forces relentlessly shape the global commercial environment,
often in unpredictable and counter-intuitive ways. A keen understanding of
the interaction of these two disciplines, and their strategic importance
in the decision-making process, is the foundation of the unique services
of Polyconomics, Inc. |
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The
Population Council, a nonprofit, nongovernmental research organization
established in 1952, seeks to improve the wellbeing and reproductive
health of current and future generations around the world and to help
achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and
resources. |
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A
nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization, the population advocacy bureau is
dedicated to providing timely, objective information on U.S. and
international population trends. The bureau informs policymakers, the
media, and concerned citizens working in the public interest about the
demographic trends that shape our world. |
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The
Preamble Center is an independent research and public education
organization working in partnership with a broad network of academics,
policy professionals and community leaders who share our concerns about
the pressing social, economic and political challenges facing the United
States. |
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The
Progress and Freedom Foundation is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan idea
center organized to restore, to renew and to recreate America's sense of
its future, a future woven inextricably with the ideas of progress and
freedom. |
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The
Progressive Policy Institute is a center for policy innovation that
develops alternatives to the traditional debate between the left and the
right. PPI advocates growth-oriented economic policies designed to
stimulate broad upward mobility and foster a more inclusive, more
democratic capitalism; social policies that move beyond maintaining the
poor to liberating them from poverty and dependence and a foreign policy
of resolve in defending America's interests and promoting democracy
abroad. |
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Project
2000, directed by professors Donna Hoffman and Tom Novak, was founded in
1994 at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, to
study the marketing implications of commercializing the World Wide Web. In
the years since, this pioneering scholarly effort has emerged as one of
the premiere research centers in the world for the study of Electronic
Commerce. |
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Since
its inception in 1991, the Project on Defense Alternatives has sought to
adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold
War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest range
of defense options. Central to its mission is the development of
"transitional security policy," which would serve to create
conditions favorable to the advent of regional and global cooperative
security regimes. |
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Public
Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen
education organization based in New York City. |
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The
Public Policy Institute of California is a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to independent, nonpartisan research on economic, social and
political issues that affect the lives of Californians. The institute was
established in 1994 by an endowment from William R. Hewlett. |
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The
purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to bring together, from around the
world, influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the
danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global
problems. Meeting in private as individuals, rather than as
representatives of governments or institutions, Pugwash participants
exchange views and explore alternative approaches to arms control and
tension reduction with a combination of candor, continuity, and
flexibility seldom attained in official East-West and North-South
discussions and negotiations. |
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RAND
is a private, nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy
through research and analysis. |
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The
Reason Public Policy Institute conducts academic, peer-reviewed research
into the areas of privatization and government reform, education,
environment, infrastructure and transportation, land use and economic
development, and social services. With a philosophy supporting marketplace
competition, individual liberty and personal responsibility, and the rule
of law, RPPI fuses theory with practice to promote dynamic solutions to
public policy challenges. |
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The
Regulatory Policy Center focuses on government regulation of the economy
and society. The center's work falls into five major areas: The personal
right to own and use property; intellectual property; problems of doing
business in the digital age, with special attention to antitrust and
telecommunications; the growing power and punitiveness of the Regulatory
State; and environmental protection. |
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Research
Triangle Institute is a non-profit contract research organization located
in the center of North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. RTI was
established in 1958 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Duke University, and N. C. State University. |
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Resources
for the Future is an independent, nonprofit research organization that
aims to help people make better decisions about the conservation and use
of their natural resources and the environment. As the world's knowledge
of the environment grows and competition for natural and financial
resources becomes more intense, the need for policies based on information
rather than inclination becomes increasingly crucial. RFF strives to
provide accurate, objective information to policy-makers, legislators,
public opinion leaders, and environmentalists to help them responsibly
meet the nation's and the world's long-term environmental and economic
needs. |
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Science
Policy Research and Publications (SCIPOLICY™) is a professional and
independent Think Tank, focusing on the fields of science and technology
including research methodologies, education, and the relevance of advances
in science and technology to the fields of science policy, health and
medical policy. |
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The
Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies sponsors lectures, research,
seminars, conferences and courses for future leaders in business and
society to learn how the principles of free enterprise build a strong
economy. Programs and activities explore in-depth the concepts of private
property, voluntary exchange, economic and civil liberties, constitutional
law, financial markets, entrepreneurship, risk-taking and new venture
management. |
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The
Society for Disability Studies is a nonprofit scientific and educational
organization. It is a multidisciplinary and international organization
composed of social scientists, scholars in the humanities, disability
rights advocates, providers, and agency personnel concerned with people
with disabilities. |
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The
Stanley Foundation is a private operating foundation directed toward
achieving a secure peace with freedom and justice. It conducts varied
programs and activities designed to provoke thought and encourage dialogue
on world affairs. |
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The
State of the World Forum -- a public, non-profit educational organization
-- serves to bring together thoughtful and influential individuals from
around the world and across a spectrum of disciplines to deliberate and
act upon those guiding principles and values necessary to constructively
address the great challenges of the coming decades; and within this
context to take concerted action -- strategic initiatives -- to help give
shape to the world we envision. |
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The
State Science and Technology Institute is a non-profit corporation
designed to enhance government-industry programs, particularly those at
the state level, that encourage the growth of business and industry
through the application of science and technology. The Institute also
seeks to advance cooperation between the states and the federal government
in these government-industry programs. |
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The
Statistical Assessment Service is a nonpartisan, non-profit research
organization in Washington, D.C. STATS is devoted to the accurate use of
scientific and quantitative information in public policy debate. |
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The
Tax Foundation, commemorating its 60th anniversary in 1997, is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization that monitors fiscal
issues at the federal, state and local levels. |
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The
Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public of the
phenomena of terrorism and information warfare. This site features essays
and thought pieces on current issues, as well as links to other terrorism
documents, research and resources. |
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The
Arlington Institute is a non-profit policy and research institute founded
in 1990 by futurist John L. Petersen to study transitional dynamics and
the future. |
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The
mission of The Harwood Institute is to build a network of public ideas,
bringing together leaders and practitioners within the nation’s various
sectors – public agencies and institutions, businesses and community
groups – to learn about the public realm and how to make progress in it.
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The
Jerome Levy Economics Institute, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan, fully endowed, public policy research organization |
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The
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute conducts and disseminatesobjective,
policy-relevant research and its implications to decisionmakers on key
issues affecting Latino communities. |
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The
Trauma Foundation is committed to reducing injuries and injury deaths by
focusing on policy development and policy advocacy. The Trauma Foundation
implements its policy work through two centers -- the Center on Alcohol
Advertising and the Pacific Center for Violence Prevention -- and four
programs -- the Alcohol-Related Injuries and Violence Program, the
Prevention Program of the San Francisco Injury Center, the Injury
Prevention Research Program, and the Injury and Violence Prevention
Library. |
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The
USGS Global Change Research Program is a component of the U.S. Global
Change Research Program (USGCRP), complementing research and observations
on oceanic, atmospheric, and biological processes in other Federal
agencies. The USGS is an international source for ground-based and
remotely sensed earth science data and information used by global change
researchers and contributing to assessments of the potential effects of
global change on society. USGS global change research examines terrestrial
and marine processes and the natural history of global change, including
the interactions between climate and the hydrologic system. The USGS
documents the character of environments in the past and present, and the
geological, biological, hydrological, and geochemical processes involved
in environmental change. |
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The
Urban Institute is a private, nonprofit policy research and educational
organization, established in 1968 to investigate social and economic
problems confronting the nation and evaluate policies and programs
designed to alleviate such problems. |
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The
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research was founded in 1945 to
research and promote solutions to employment related problems. It is a
not-for-profit, independent research institution with nine professional
economists on staff. The institute also sponsors a competitive grant
program that funds original research and publishes monographs and working
papers. |
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Founded
in 1985, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public
educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate
on U.S. interests in the Middle East. |
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Since
1932 the Washington Research Council, a private, nonprofit organization
has provided its members, the media, government leaders and the public
with independent information on state and local government in Washington
state. |
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Brown
University's Institute for International Studies evolved from Thomas J.
Watson Jr.'s vision for a research and teaching center that would address
the most pressing global problems of its day. The institute's mission and
scope include support of interdisciplinary research, teaching, and public
education on international affairs, an area of inquiry encompassing
interstate relations; transnational, regional, and global phenomena; and
cross-national, comparative studies. |
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WestEd
is a non-profit research, development and service agency dedicated to
improving education and other opportunities for children, youth and
adults. WestEd addresses issues in education and other related areas: from
early childhood intervention to school-to-work transition; from
curriculum, instruction and assessment to safe schools and communities.
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The
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the United States
official memorial to Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States from
1913 to 1921. The center aims, in a strictly nonpartisan fashion, to
foster scholarship and promote the exchange of views between scholars and
decision makers that was envisaged by Woodrow Wilson--a college teacher
and university president, as well as a politician and international
statesman. |
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The
World Policy Institute seeks to offer innovative policy proposals for
public debate with the goal of developing an internationalist consensus on
the measures needed for the management of a world market economy, the
development of a workable system of collective security, and creation of
an active transnational civil society. |
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The
World Resources Institute is a policy research center created in late 1982
to help governments, international organizations, and private businesses
address a fundamental question: How can societies meet basic human needs
and nurture economic growth without undermining the natural resources and
environmental integrity on which life, economic vitality and international
security depend? |
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The
mission of the World Water Council is to promote awareness about critical
water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level,
and to facilitate the efficient protection, development, planning,
management and use of global water on an environmentally sustainable basis
for the benefit of all people. |
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Worldwatch
is a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing
policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and
the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support
systems. |
