the role of think tanks in police/border guard - society nexus
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THE ROLE OF 'THINK TANKS'THE ROLE OF 'THINK TANKS'IN THE POLICE/BORDER GUARD – SOCIETY IN THE POLICE/BORDER GUARD – SOCIETY
NEXUSNEXUS
Dr Wojciech FilipkowskiThe School of Law, University of Białystok-http://www.prawo.uwb.edu.pl
The Polish Platform for Homeland Security - http://www.ppbw.pl(Poland)
The Salzburg Forum Expert Meetingon Citizens’ Perception of and Confidence in Public Order Services
Warsaw, Hotel ŁazienkowskiThursday 23 and Friday 24 April 2009
AGENDAAGENDA
➔ An Idea of a Think Tank
➔ Types of Think Tanks
➔ Topics for discussion
AN IDEA OF A AN IDEA OF A TTTT (1)(1)
TT is a group of specialists brought together, usually by a government,
➔ to develop ideas on a particular subject and
➔ to make suggestions for action.
See Cambridge Advanced Lerner’s Dictionary
AN IDEA OF A AN IDEA OF A TTTT (2)(2)
TT (also called a policy institute) is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that
➔ conducts research and
➔ engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice.
See The American Heritage Dictionary. "Think Tank." 2000. and Merriam Webster's Dictionary. "Think Tank."
AN IDEA OF A TTAN IDEA OF A TT (3)(3)
A TT is an organization that claims to serve as a center for research and/or analysis of important public issues.
In reality, many think tanks are little more than
➔ public relations fronts, usually headquartered in state or national seats of government and
➔ generating self-serving scholarship that serves the advocacy goals of their industry sponsors.
See The SourceWatch – http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tanks
AN IDEA OF A TTAN IDEA OF A TT (4)(4)
PROBLEMPROBLEM
TTTT
SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS
➔RESEARCH THE PROBLEMRESEARCH THE PROBLEM➔ANALYZE RESULTSANALYZE RESULTS➔SUGGEST SOLUTIONSSUGGEST SOLUTIONS
GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT
DECISIONDECISION
THE NEXUSTHE NEXUS
SOCIETYSOCIETY
TTTT
DECISIONDECISION
ADVICEADVICE
Private Private EnterprisesEnterprises
UniversitiesUniversities
StudentsStudents
Non-GovernmentalNon-GovernmentalOrganizationsOrganizations
Other social groupsOther social groups
ElectronicElectronic Media Media
Other individualsOther individuals
Political Political partiesparties
Police/Border GuardsPolice/Border GuardsGOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT
TYPES OF TTTYPES OF TT
➔ Sponsored by the government or private donors
➔ The field of research: social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military policies.
➔ The scope of activities: national or international.
➔ The form of organization: institute, foundation, company, association, network of people.
➔ Range of studies: multi-disciplinary or mono disciplinary.
Federally FundedFederally FundedResearch and Development CenterResearch and Development Center
As described by the National Science Foundation, FFRDCs are "R&D-performing organizations that ➔ are exclusively or substantially financed by the Federal
Government and ➔ are supported by the Federal Government either to meet a
particular R&D objective or, in some instances, to provide major facilities at universities for research and associated training purposes.
Each center is administered either by an industrial firm, a university, or another nonprofit institution." There are also special FFRDCs funded by The U.S. Deparment of Defense. See National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02321/secta.htm.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSIONTOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
➔ What are the fields of interest?
➔ What are the advantages of using TT in the course of Police/Border Guard activities?
➔ What are the disadvantages of using TT in the course of Police/Border Guard activities?
➔ What is the best way to utilize TT for Police/Border Guard service?
➔ What are the countries experiences?
➔ What are the Police/Border Guard experience?
Dr Wojciech [email protected]
The Salzburg Forum Expert Meetingon Citizens’ Perception of and Confidence in Public Order Services
Warsaw, Hotel ŁazienkowskiThursday 23 and Friday 24 April 2009