Financing of ideas from public administrations: think tanks, transparency and evaluation

  • Jaime González-Capitel Martorell Georgetown University

Abstract

What can Public Administrations do to take advantage of the intellectual and political capital deployed by think tanks in Spain? Is such a proposal compatible with the democratic principles of plurality, accountability and transparency? These are the questions that guide the present article, born from the need to synthesize the researches that the author has carried out in recent years in two different contexts: the United States, the original cradle of the term think tank, and the Kingdom of Spain whose political tradition has not led to the consolidation of these organizations. 

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Author Biography

Jaime González-Capitel Martorell, Georgetown University

Jaime González-Capitel Martorell Es licenciado en Filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y en Traducción e Interpretación por la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Miembro fundador de la revista Despalabro de Ensayos de Humanidades (UAM, 2007-2015).   Ex becario Fulbright en la Universidad de Georgetown patrocinado por la asociación española de ex alumnos Fulbright, donde obtuvo un Master of Arts en Communications, Culture and Technology. Especialista en evaluación de la investigación en políticas públicas por parte de las fundaciones estadounidenses. Coordinador del Observatorio de Think Tanks, una iniciativa independiente para promover la labor de los think tank españoles desde los principios centrales de autonomía, transparencia y excelencia. 

4-055-2017
Published
2017-04-22
How to Cite
González-Capitel Martorell, J. (2017). Financing of ideas from public administrations: think tanks, transparency and evaluation. GIGAPP Estudios Working Papers, 4(55-59), 39-55. Retrieved from https://www.gigapp.org/ewp/index.php/GIGAPP-EWP/article/view/41
Issue
Vol 4 No 55-59 (2017): Studies/Working Papers New Series
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Articles

Copyright (c) 2017 Jaime González-Capitel Martorell

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