NGPA Findings

Click the shaded box to see an overview of outputs relating to that area. for more details see individual research project pages. This list represents a sample of each project's work, not the full list.

North America

USA (Diane Stone|):

• Weaving global networks - Handbook for policy influence

Western Europe

Diane Stone|

• 'Social Science, Research and Students in Development', Warwick International Development Society, 3rd December 2006.
• Transnational Philanthropy, Policy Transfer and the Open Society Institute'. School of Public Policy Research Seminar Series, University College London, 5th October 2006.

Duncan Matthews|

• Paper for the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Keele, 6 September 2006
• Paper for European Consortium on Political Research Conference on Frontiers of Regulation, University of Bath, 7 September 2006

David Lewis

• Briefing paper (PDF)

Central/Eastern Europe

Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,  Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine (Diane Stone|):

• Adrian Ionescu, Valeriu Prohnitchi, Gulnar Mukhambetova and Diane Stone "Transferring Expertise and Methodologies: A Case Study of the Development of 'Quarterly Economic Indicators' in Moldova and Kazakhstan", in Robert Klitgaard (editor) Linking Think Tanks, Santa Monica, California, RAND 2007 (completed and publication in process).
• "Market Principles, Philanthropic Ideals and Public Service Values in the Public Policy Program at the Central European University"
• 'Garbage Cans, Recycling Bins or Think Tanks? Three Myths About Policy Institutes'
• 'Think Tanks and Policy Analysis', in Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller. & Mara S. Sidney (eds.) Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Politics
• Three seminar presentations on transnational networks; global civil society and global public goods at the doctoral summer school on Globalisation and International Relations Theory, Central European University, July 2006.

Asia

Diane Stone|:

• "Think Tanks and Policy Advice in Countries in Transition", in Toru Hashimoto, Stefan Hell and Sang-Woo Nam (eds) Public Policy Research and Training in Vietnam

Duncan Matthews|:

• Project website and leaflets distributed at World Intellectual Property Organisation meeting
• CIVICUS presentation
• Leaflets advertising the project distributed at World Intellectual Property Organisation meeting 22 November 2005
• Project website –launched 2 December 2006

David Lewis

• Briefing paper (PDF)

Central/Latin America

Udi Butler|

• 'Stitching up the fragmented city: citizenship and public action in Rio de Janeiro.'
• 'Freedom, Revolt and Citizenship: Three pillars of identity for youngsters living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.'
• 'Cultures of Participation: Young people and their perceptions and practices of citizenship.' Project report in English and Portuguese for scholars and practitioners (Portuguese version completed in March 2007, English version to be completed in the summer).
• Young activists from Rio's own publication of their experiences of participation. 'Nós: a revolução de cada dia' published in Brazil March 2007
• Young activists the book is based on have carried on their debates through email discussion list and social networking sites.

Duncan Matthews|

• Presentation at CIVICUS World Assembly 22 June 2006
• Dissemination meeting to present initial results held at the World Intellectual Property Organisation on 28 June 2006

Ana C. Dinerstein|

• 'The Politics of Policy. Unemployment, the Unemployed Workers Organisations and Employment Policy Reforms in Argentina (1991-2005)'
• 'Workers' Factory Takeovers and New State Policies: Towards the "Institutionalisation" of non-Governmental Public Action in Argentina'
•  'Lessons form a Journey: the Piquetero movement in Argentina' in Bonefeld W (ed.) Subverting the Present - Imagining the Future: Insurrection, Movement Commons.
• 'Reemplazando al gobierno/estado, al sindicato o al partido político? La naturaleza multidimensional de las organizaciones de trabajadores desocupados en Argentina'
• Convenor for the Symposium: 'The Political, Social and Economic Impact of Non-Governmental Public Action in Latin America' V CEISAL Congress of Latin Americanists to be held in Brussels on April 11-14 2007.

David Lewis

• Briefing paper (PDF)

Africa

Duncan Matthews|

• Paper for ISTR July 2006
• Paper for European Consortium on Political Research conference, Bath 2006

Middle East

Pacific