Privatización del agua y el saneamiento en Argentina : El caso paradigmático de Aguas Argentinas S.A. by Daniel Azpiazu

“…This is the framework in which it is necessary to study the privatization of the drinking water and sewage services in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, which was presented as an exemplary case by the neoliberal think-tanks. However, the normative deficiencies, the opportunistic offers made by the largest multinational corporations specialized in water, the variety of unfulfilled commitments on the part of the enterprises –consistent with their opportunism– which were tolerated by the Argentine governments during a long period, as well as the exorbitant rates of profit are clear indicators of the failure of this experience. …”
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Data dependencies and funding prospects: A 1930s cautionary tale by Jefferson Pooley

“…Misinformation studies relies, to some extent, on access to data from large technology firms, which also seed grants, sponsor events, and support think tanks working in the field. These companies, facing scrutiny from regulators and critics, have a stake in their portrayal. …”
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REDES CATÓLICAS E ESTADO NA “REVOLUÇÃO ARGENTINA” by Guido Ignacio Giorgi

“…Se trata de uma militância no campo político e cultural, em universidades, think tanks e ocupando cargos no Estado. Entre estes são significativos os sujetos socializados em redes e espaços socio-religiosos, especialmente aqueles vinculados a um pensamento tecnocrático e desenvolvimentista. …”
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Expanding the Field of Political Communication: Making the Case for a Fresh Perspective Through “Propaganda Studies” by Piers Robinson

“…It can do so by alerting us to the wide range of actors involved in propaganda production and dissemination, including governments, academics, NGOs, think tanks and popular culture, as well as the manipulative, and non-consensual modes of persuasive communication, including deception, incentivization, and coercion. …”
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A Review of Energy Management Assessment Models for Industrial Energy Efficiency by A S M Monjurul Hasan, Andrea Trianni

“…The study concludes with interesting propositions for academia and industrial think tanks delineating few further research opportunities.…”
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Bringing adult learning principles to university–policy engagement training involving students and policy professionals by Reuben Williamson, Olivia Stevenson

“…Known as the Policy Boot Camp, it involved fifty policy professionals, from the civil service, think tanks, local government and the third sector, and three hundred students from undergraduate and master’s degree courses. …”
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US and the Arctic Region in the Era of Climate Change: A Brief Analysis of the Evolution of US Arctic Foreign Policy Since 2000s by Emirhan Altunkaya

“…The method used is a qualitative analysis of official policy and security documents, administration’s engagement and positioning related to the region, but also various reports published by think-tanks and experts to evaluate the US Arctic foreign policy in the face of emerging challenges and opportunities.…”
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International Conflict Studies as a Research and Teaching Area by Alexandra Viktorovna Khudaykulova

“…An analysis of the leading think tanks on defense and national security (as rated by Philadelphia think tank ranking) is also provided. …”
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National Agenda for Policy-oriented Research

“…As the country moves ahead steadily after the 2013 elections, certain key issues confronting the nation should be on the priority of think-tanks and research organizations with an aim to present policy-oriented advice. …”
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Deep into the discourse of the Spanish crisis: The deployment of English lexical incorporations to translate the untranslatable by María Ángeles Orts, Ángela Almela Sánchez-Lafuente

“…Incorporations in various shapes and forms are borrowed by the national think-tanks and the media to portray the widespread gloom and the severe wobbles in Spain's market. …”
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A influência do complexo industrial-militar na Política Externa dos Estados Unidos da América após os atentados do 11 de Setembro by Elias David Morales Martinez, Thaís Regina Servidoni

“…Além disso, pretende-se discorrer sobre a legitimação da securitização da defesa e da consequente adoção de uma política externa constantemente militarizada, justificada pela Guerra Global Contra o Terror, a qual é subsidiada pelos trabalhos desenvolvidos por alguns think tanks específicos e que são financiados pelo CIM, sendo disseminadas as ideias securitizantes nos discursos dos principais stakeholders governamentais.…”
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Time for Cooperation in East-Central Europe by Tamás Tibor Csontos

“…He has been a coordinator and author in international research projects in the framework of the Visegrad consortium of think tanks, preparing expert opinions for the diplomatic ministries of the V4 countries. …”
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مراکز الأبحاث العربیة وسبل تطویرها باتجاه الإسهام فی صناعة القرار السیاسی by هاشم الشهوان

“…کانت معروفة فی الغرب (Think Tanks) فی الولایات المتحدة بسبب أبحاثها وتحلیلاتها. …”
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Deep into the discourse of the Spanish crisis by María Angeles Orts Llopis, Ángela Almela Sánchez-Lafuente

“…Incorporations in various shapes and forms are borrowed by the national think-tanks and the media to portray the widespread gloom and the severe wobbles in Spain�s market. …”
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Civil society and the consolidation of democracy in Ghana’s fourth republic by Thomas Prehi Botchway

“…Specifically, it assessed the contributions of three independent policy think tanks, the Institute of Economic of Affairs (IEA), the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) and the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) to the deepening of Ghana’s democracy. …”
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The changing political landscape of Sweden by Gabriella Elgenius, Magnus Wennerhag

“…New political actors, such as social movements and civil society actors, think tanks and policy professionals, are becoming increasingly engaged in political processes. …”
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Harnessing the opportunities of inclusive technologies in a global economy by Beliz Gustavo, Basco Ana Inés, de Azevedo Belisario

“…In a world driven by a new wave of technological change, the platform would revalue the role of think tanks, research institutions and knowledge hubs to move the global agenda in an issue of central importance for the future of society: the creation of the jobs of the future. …”
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Unia Europejska i Indie w najbliższej dekadzie: wzmocnienie strategicznego partnerstwa by Małgorzata Bonikowska

“…The text is based, among others, on research and discussions taken under umbrella of the India–EU Think Tank Twinning Initiative – the project implemented by 10 best European and Indian think tanks.…”
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An Econometric Analysis of Energy Consumption in Pakistan by Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Imran, Adeel Qadir, Umer Akram, Muhammad Tariq

“…This analysis uncovers and postulates the new postulates for the think tanks to find out best alternatives headway of energy sector of Pakistan to overcome on energy deficiency in coming years.…”
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Religions, Lifeways, Same Difference by Jibreel Delgado

“…By providing definitions from both western sociologists of religion and conservative political lobbyists and think tanks, I show that most experts on religion in the United States define religion as a way of life that governs behavior in the public sphere. …”
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