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'''Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)''' is a non-profit program at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia, PA]]. TTCSP was established at the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] in 1989.<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program", 2001-2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html Source 1]", 6 July 2010</ref> The program is currently under the direction of [[James McGann]], Ph.D., a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, President of McGann Associates, and associate director of the International Relations Program at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "James McGann", 2001-2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/about/people/mcgann.html Source 2]", 6 July 2010</ref> The program researches, catalogues, and maintains a comprehensive database of approximately 6,300 think tanks from 206 countries and territories.<ref>International Relations @ UPenn, "2009 Global Rankings of Think Tanks", 2010, "[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/2009GlobalRankingsofThinkTanks.htm Source 7]", 6 July 2010</ref>
The '''Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program''' ('''TTCSP''') was a non-profit program at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], that operated from 1989 to 2021. TTCSP was originally established at the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] in 1989.<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program", 2001–2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html Source 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010537/http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html |date=22 October 2012 }}", 6 July 2010</ref> The director was [[James McGann]].<ref>{{cite web|title=James G. McGann – Foreign Policy Research Institute|url=http://www.fpri.org/contributor/james-mcgann/|website=Foreign Policy Research Institute|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Amanda|title=Are think tanks obsolete?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/10/05/are-think-tanks-obsolete/|accessdate=21 May 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=5 October 2015}}</ref> The program conducted research on policy institutes around the world,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Think Tanks and Civil Society Program {{!}} About Us|url=http://gotothinktank.com/about-us/|website=Gotothinktank.com|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref> and maintained a database of over 8,200 [[think tank]]s from across the world.<ref>International Relations @ UPenn, "2009 Global Rankings of Think Tanks", 2010, "[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/2009GlobalRankingsofThinkTanks.htm Source 7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607155633/http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/2009GlobalRankingsofThinkTanks.htm |date=7 June 2011 }}", 6 July 2010</ref>


==Program History==
==Program history==
The TTCSP was established at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1989. It began with its focus on [[think tanks]] in the US. In the 1990s the Program became increasingly global as a result of the political and economic transformation that took place in Central and Eastern Europe.<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Selected List of Publications", 2001-2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html Source 5]", 6 July 2010</ref> Think tanks and other civil society organizations in the West were enlisted to provide aid and to transfer knowledge and provide technical assistance to fledgling democracies and market economies. The work of TTCSP gained the attention of the [[World Bank]]. [[R. Kent Weaver]]<ref>Brookings Institution, "R. Kent Weaver", 2010, "[http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx Source 3]", 6 July 2010</ref> of the [[Brookings Institution]] and James McGann of the Foreign Policy Research Institute were asked to help conceptualize what became the [[Global Development Network]], a World Bank sponsored conference in [[Barcelona, Spain]].<ref>Global Development Network, "Global Development Network (GDN): Background and History", 2010, "[http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_history Source 4]", 6 July 2010</ref> This was the first global conference on think tanks and resulted in the publication ''Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalysts for Ideas and Action'' in 2000.<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Selected List of Publications", 2001-2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html Source 5]", 6 July 2010</ref> In 2008, the TTCSP moved to the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
The TTCSP was established at the [[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] in 1989. It began with its focus on [[think tanks]] in the US. In the 1990s, the program became increasingly global as a result of the political and economic transformation that took place in Central and Eastern Europe.<ref name="auto">Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Selected List of Publications", 2001–2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html Source 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010629/http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/publications.html |date=22 October 2012 }}", 6 July 2010</ref> [[R. Kent Weaver]]<ref>Brookings Institution, "R. Kent Weaver", 2010, "[http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx Source 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215235040/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx |date=15 February 2010 }}", 6 July 2010</ref> of the [[Brookings Institution]] and James McGann of the Foreign Policy Research Institute were asked to help conceptualize what became the [[Global Development Network]], a [[World Bank]] sponsored conference in [[Barcelona, Spain]].<ref>Global Development Network, "Global Development Network (GDN): Background and History", 2010, "[http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_history Source 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521014812/http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_history |date=21 May 2013 }}", 6 July 2010</ref> This resulted in the publication ''Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalysts for Ideas and Action'' in 2000.<ref name="auto"/> In 2008, the TTCSP moved to the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania.


==Global Go To Think Tank Index==
==Program Objectives==
McGann and the Program published the annual ''Global Go To Think Tank Index''.<ref>{{cite news|title=A&M think tank aims to solve state issues|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/A-M-think-tank-aims-to-solve-state-s-problems-5761811.php |first1=enjamin |last1=Wermund |accessdate=21 May 2016|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=17 September 2014}}</ref> As of 2010, the Index is based on a three-phase survey whose participants include politicians, scientists, think tank donors, and think tanks.<ref>Seiler, Christian, and Klaus Wohlrabe. "A critique of the 2009 global 'Go-to Think Tanks' ranking". ''CESifo DICE Report'' 8.2 (2010): 60.</ref> However, this method of the study and assessment of policy institutes has been criticized by researchers such as Enrique Mendizabal and Goran Buldioski, Director of the Think Tank Fund, assisted by the [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society Institute]].<ref name=Mendizabal>{{cite web|last=Mendizabal|first=Enrique|title=Another year, another ranking of think tanks (and surprise surprise, Brookings is still the best)|url=http://onthinktanks.org/2011/01/21/another-year-another-ranking-of-think-tanks-and-surprise-surprise-brookings-is-still-the-best/ |date=21 January 2011 |publisher=On Think Tanks|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Buldioski>{{cite web|last=Buldioski|first=Goran|title=Mirror, mirror on the wall... tell me who is the best think tank in the world?|url=http://goranspolicy.com/mirror-mirror-wall-tank-world/|publisher=Goran's Musings |date=January 23, 2011 |accessdate=28 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113024736/http://goranspolicy.com/mirror-mirror-wall-tank-world/|archive-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program describes itself as having five main objectives:<ref>Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Program Objectives", 2001-2010, "[http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/objectives.html Source 6]", 6 July 2010</ref>

* To develop strategies to improve the performance and efficacy of think tanks in creating, sharing and using policy-proposals and to engage policymakers and members of civil society in the process of forming policy.
In 2018, this Index listed US the country with the largest number of Think Tanks (1871), followed by India (509), China (507), UK (321), Argentina (227), Germany (218), Russia (215), France (203), Japan (128), Italy (114), Brazil (103), Canada (100), South Africa (93).<ref name="ranking1">{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/16/ |title=2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |publisher=ScholarlyCommons [[University of Pennsylvania]] |access-date=30 October 2019 |first1=James G. |last1=McGann |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219081815/https://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/16/ |archive-date= Feb 19, 2020 }}</ref>
* To create a virtual global think tank that will allow collaboration, sharing information, and the transferring policies and policy-proposals between institutions.
* To promote constructive debate and analysis on policy issues through a global community that builds on existing local and regional networks.
* To find, research, and share strategies and technologies that facilitate collaborative work and information sharing among public policy research organizations and other institutions around the world.
* To promote interdisciplinary dialogue among think tanks, policymakers, and members of civil society to explore how the sustainability of think tanks can play a crucial part in civil societies.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[University of Pennsylvania]]
* [[List of think tanks]]
*[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]]
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*[[James McGann]]
*[[Think Tank]]


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.gotothinktank.com Think Tanks and Civil Societies Website]
* [http://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/ Think Tanks and Civil Societies Website]
* [http://www.fpri.org/] - provides information on the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), including scholar bios and works published.
* [http://www.fpri.org/ Foreign Policy Research Institute - International Policy Think Tank] – provides information on the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), including scholar bios and works published.
* [http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/] - provides information on the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, including history and background, program goals, research priorities, and publications.
* [http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/ Foreign Policy Think Tank - Foreign Policy Research Institute] – provides information on the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, including history and background, program goals, research priorities, and publications.
* [http://www.fpri.org/about/people/mcgann.html] - a biography of James McGann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920095134/http://www.fpri.org/about/people/mcgann.html James McGann - FPRI] – a biography of James McGann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
* [http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx] - a biography of R. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215235040/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/weaverr.aspx R. Kent Weaver - Brookings Institution] – a biography of R. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
* [http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research] - provides information on the Global Development Network, including its mission, history, research priorities, and publications.
* [http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108114136/http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research |date=8 January 2014 }} – provides information on the Global Development Network, including its mission, history, research priorities, and publications.
* [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/] - provides comprehensive information on the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania
* [https://ir.sas.upenn.edu/ International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania]
* {{cite web| author=James G. McGann (Director) |authorlink=James McGann|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130627063611/http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf|title=The Global Go To Think Tank Report, 2011 |date=January 28, 2013 |accessdate=February 7, 2015 |quote=}}
* {{cite web|author=James G. McGann (Director) |authorlink=James McGann |url=http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf |title=The Global Go To Think Tank Report, 2011 |date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627063611/http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf |archivedate=27 June 2013 }}
* {{cite web| author=James G. McGann |authorlink=James McGann|url=http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |via=University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons |title=2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618063730/http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |archive-date= Jun 18, 2022 }}


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Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
AbbreviationTTCSP
Formation1989
Dissolved2021
HeadquartersUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Director (last)
James G. McGann
Parent organization
Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Websiterepository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/

The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) was a non-profit program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1989 to 2021. TTCSP was originally established at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1989.[1] The director was James McGann.[2][3] The program conducted research on policy institutes around the world,[4] and maintained a database of over 8,200 think tanks from across the world.[5]

Program history

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The TTCSP was established at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1989. It began with its focus on think tanks in the US. In the 1990s, the program became increasingly global as a result of the political and economic transformation that took place in Central and Eastern Europe.[6] R. Kent Weaver[7] of the Brookings Institution and James McGann of the Foreign Policy Research Institute were asked to help conceptualize what became the Global Development Network, a World Bank sponsored conference in Barcelona, Spain.[8] This resulted in the publication Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalysts for Ideas and Action in 2000.[6] In 2008, the TTCSP moved to the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Global Go To Think Tank Index

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McGann and the Program published the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index.[9] As of 2010, the Index is based on a three-phase survey whose participants include politicians, scientists, think tank donors, and think tanks.[10] However, this method of the study and assessment of policy institutes has been criticized by researchers such as Enrique Mendizabal and Goran Buldioski, Director of the Think Tank Fund, assisted by the Open Society Institute.[11][12]

In 2018, this Index listed US the country with the largest number of Think Tanks (1871), followed by India (509), China (507), UK (321), Argentina (227), Germany (218), Russia (215), France (203), Japan (128), Italy (114), Brazil (103), Canada (100), South Africa (93).[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program", 2001–2010, "Source 1 Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine", 6 July 2010
  2. ^ "James G. McGann – Foreign Policy Research Institute". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ^ Bennett, Amanda (5 October 2015). "Are think tanks obsolete?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ^ "The Think Tanks and Civil Society Program | About Us". Gotothinktank.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  5. ^ International Relations @ UPenn, "2009 Global Rankings of Think Tanks", 2010, "Source 7 Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine", 6 July 2010
  6. ^ a b Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Selected List of Publications", 2001–2010, "Source 5 Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine", 6 July 2010
  7. ^ Brookings Institution, "R. Kent Weaver", 2010, "Source 3 Archived 15 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine", 6 July 2010
  8. ^ Global Development Network, "Global Development Network (GDN): Background and History", 2010, "Source 4 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine", 6 July 2010
  9. ^ Wermund, enjamin (17 September 2014). "A&M think tank aims to solve state issues". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. ^ Seiler, Christian, and Klaus Wohlrabe. "A critique of the 2009 global 'Go-to Think Tanks' ranking". CESifo DICE Report 8.2 (2010): 60.
  11. ^ Mendizabal, Enrique (21 January 2011). "Another year, another ranking of think tanks (and surprise surprise, Brookings is still the best)". On Think Tanks. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  12. ^ Buldioski, Goran (23 January 2011). "Mirror, mirror on the wall... tell me who is the best think tank in the world?". Goran's Musings. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  13. ^ McGann, James G. (29 January 2019). "2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". ScholarlyCommons University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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