Description
Book SynopsisClearly written and thoughtfully organized, this innovative book provides analytic insights and practical wisdom for those who want to understand how to build more effective connections between the worlds of thought and action.
Trade ReviewEditors Abraham F. Lowenthal and Mariano E. Bertucci present a collection of readable, reflective essays written by scholars and practitioners... The collaboration between scholar and practitioner is an undertapped but potentially powerful resource. By exhibiting a degree of humility, and heeding some of the lessons in this book, we can break down the insularity of the two fields to very beneficial effect. -- Joseph Bristol Foreign Service Journal This superb volume is very much needed... Its essays join a number of highly regarded scholar-practitioners from across the Americas and Europe, and the authors take a hard look at the experience in a number of policy areas and countries or regions. Latin American Policy Both scholars and policy makers who are looking for ideas on how to bridge the gap between their two worlds will find this book a valuable resource. H-Net Reviews
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Building Bridges Between Worlds of Thought and Action
Part I: Recognizing Opportunities
Chapter 1. What Do Scholars Bring to Government and Take Back Again?
Chapter 2. Connecting the "Idea" World with the "Real" One: Reflections on Academe and Policy
Part II: Setting Agendas and Framing Issues
Chapter 3. Scholars, Policymakers, and Agenda Creation: Women in Development
Chapter 4. Dialogue of the Deaf: Scholars, Policymakers, and the Drug War in US Foreign Relations
Part III: Developing Policy Options
Chapter 5. "Speaking Truth to Power" in Mexico: Gaps, Bridges, and Trampolines
Chapter 6. Scholars Who Became Practitioners: The Influence of Research on the Design, Evaluation, and Political Survival of Mexico's Antipoverty Program
Chapter 7. Missing Scholars and Hard-Nosed Cops: The Weak Research behind Citizen Security Policies
Part IV: Shaping, Implementing, Evaluating, and Revising Policy
Chapter 8. Scholarly Participation in Transnational Policy Networks: The Case of Targeted Sanctions
Chapter 9. Contributing to Policy through Evaluation: USAID and Democracy Promotion
Chapter 10. Transforming Argentine Foreign Policy: Politicians, Scholars, and Diplomats
Part V: Praxis and the Academy: Perspectives from Policymakers
Chapter 11. The Long Diplomacy: How a Changing World Creates New Opportunities for Partnership between Scholars and Practitioners
Chapter 12. How Scholars Can Contribute to Policymaking: Lessons from Mexico
Part VI: Understanding, Respecting, and Gaining from Differences
Chapter 13. Scholars and Policymakers: Canadian and Asia Pacific Experiences
Chapter 14. On the Scholar-Practitioner Interface: Separation and Synergy
Chapter 15. Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs: Toward More Fruitful Connections
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
