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Since 1 October 2005 part of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the U. of Aberdeen, the Centre for the Study of Public Policy was founded by Professor [[Richard Rose]] in 1976 as the first public policy centre within a European university. Its purpose is to relate social science research to major problems of contemporary societies. It does so by drawing on a variety of social science disciplines, principally political science, sociology and economics, and a variety of methods, both quantitative and qualitative.
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The [http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP)] was founded by by Professor [[Richard Rose]] in 1976 at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Since 1 October 2005 it is part of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Aberdeen, which is "creating a major centre for the comparative analysis of survey research across Europe" [http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk/ CSPP website]. Labelling itself a "specialist independent research unit of the university"(http://www.strath.ac.uk/cspp/research.html Accessed 23 June 2004), it has consulted the World Bank, the OECD and UN agencies on 'problems of post-Communist countries' (http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk Accessed
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29 June 2004).It mainly works on barometer surveys on democratic attitudes and behaviours in post-communist countries.
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Using Kent Weaver's typology (2000; 1989) the CSPP is a hybrid between a consultancy, a university research institute and a contract research think-tank. Most of its work is openly accessible through publication in academic journals, books or the in-house series "Studies in Public Policy".  
  
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The CSPP specializes in comparative research. In the 1980s it conducted major comparative studies of the growth of government, concerning taxation and expenditure, organizational change, and laws. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the CSPP has developed an innovative repertoire of Barometer surveys to advance empirical understanding of mass response to transformation in post-Communist societies.
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==Funding==
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It is sponsored by scientific and private foundations, governmental and intergovernmental organizations in Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and intergovernmental agencies such as the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the World Bank. During the 1990s, Barometer surveys were conducted jointly with the Paul Lazarsfeld Society, Vienna, which was supported by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and the Austrian National Bank.  
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*[[European Union]]
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*[[UNESCO]]
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*[[World Bank]]
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*[[Austrian National Bank]]
  
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The CSPP has now conducted more than 100 nationwide Barometer surveys across Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. Results have been published in Studies in Public Policy; in six books; in peer-reviewed social science journals on both sides of the Atlantic; in public affairs periodicals such as the Journal of Democracy; and in Russian and German. Reports are presented to policymaking agencies such as the World Bank, OECD, the European Union, Council of Europe and UN agencies, and to universities across Europe, the United States and further afield. CSPP websites have more than 1mn hits a year from more than 80 countries.
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==Contact==
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The CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Aberdeen AB24 3QY, UK
  
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After 30 years at the [http://www.strath.ac.uk University of Strathclyde], the CSPP has joined the School of Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, which is creating a major centre for the comparative analysis of survey research across Europe.
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==Literature==
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# Weaver, Kent R and McGann, James G. (eds) 2000. Think-tanks & Civil Societies. Catalysts for Ideas and Action. New Jersey : Transaction Publishers
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# Weaver, Kent R. (1989) The Changing World of Think-tanks. PS: Political Science and Politics. Vol. 22/3, pp. 563-578
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Scottish Think Tanks]]

Latest revision as of 09:00, 10 October 2008

The Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP) was founded by by Professor Richard Rose in 1976 at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Since 1 October 2005 it is part of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Aberdeen, which is "creating a major centre for the comparative analysis of survey research across Europe" CSPP website. Labelling itself a "specialist independent research unit of the university"(http://www.strath.ac.uk/cspp/research.html Accessed 23 June 2004), it has consulted the World Bank, the OECD and UN agencies on 'problems of post-Communist countries' (http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk Accessed 29 June 2004).It mainly works on barometer surveys on democratic attitudes and behaviours in post-communist countries. Using Kent Weaver's typology (2000; 1989) the CSPP is a hybrid between a consultancy, a university research institute and a contract research think-tank. Most of its work is openly accessible through publication in academic journals, books or the in-house series "Studies in Public Policy".

Funding

It is sponsored by scientific and private foundations, governmental and intergovernmental organizations in Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and intergovernmental agencies such as the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the World Bank. During the 1990s, Barometer surveys were conducted jointly with the Paul Lazarsfeld Society, Vienna, which was supported by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and the Austrian National Bank.

Contact

The CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Aberdeen AB24 3QY, UK

Literature

  1. Weaver, Kent R and McGann, James G. (eds) 2000. Think-tanks & Civil Societies. Catalysts for Ideas and Action. New Jersey : Transaction Publishers
  2. Weaver, Kent R. (1989) The Changing World of Think-tanks. PS: Political Science and Politics. Vol. 22/3, pp. 563-578

Notes

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