Abstract
Think tank refers to non-profit making organizations that engage in research, public policy analysis, as well as advocating solutions. Think tank focus on providing evidence, insightful, and interdisciplinary based analysis in the process of rational policy making. Think tanks through execution of its roles affect long-term changes in public policy and political opinion. Think tank affects long-term political opinions by creating a mediating environment between the public and the government. In the modern political arena, think tank generate new thinking that changes the way political opinions and decision makers respond and perceive to the global issues. The political opinions in the presence of think tanks accounts to policy making. Think tanks produce in-depth and independent policy research that is informative to media, public and politicians.
Think tank plays a crucial role on issues related to policy making. Think tank refers to non-profit making organizations that engage in research, public policy analysis, as well as advocating solutions. In the United States, think tank are ubiquitous in the political scene as media consultants, interest groups, research institute, as well as spin doctors. Think tanks through execution of its roles affect long-term changes in public policy and political opinion. In the modern society, policy-making has become more interconnected and complex; therefore, think tank focus on providing evidence, insightful, and interdisciplinary based analysis in the process of rational policy making. These organizations affect long-term changes in the sense that they help the government to comprehend and make rational choices on international and domestic issues.
Think tank affects long-term political opinions by creating a mediating environment between the public and the government. In fact, the political opinions that are implemented align with the needs of the public (Hamre 2). It is through think tank mediating functions that the public builds confidence and trust in public offices. In public debates, think tank tend to serve as an independent and informed voice, which leads to strong policy making.
Think tank roles are influential in the sense that it transforms emerging problems and ideas into policy issues. These means that the problem-solving and policy-making process creates a strong solution to the problems. Through the implementation of the policies created the society eliminate the problems for a longer period (Arin 32). The current policy issues in the government may not be functional, but through think tank roles it is easy to articulate, evaluate and identifying current policy issues and make a proposal.
In the modern political arena, think tank generate new thinking that changes the way political opinions and decision makers respond and perceive to the global issues. Grabbing the attention of government and the public is complex; hence, think tank exploit marketing strategies and multiple channels whose outcome influence long-term public policy and political opinions. Some of the strategies include publishing occasional papers, articles, books, web pages, and undertaking interviews (Rich 31). On the same note, think tank affect long-term public policy by enriching the citizens on the nature of the global culture and the environment they live. Think tank accelerates the pace of globalization among citizens.
Think tanks are set of institutions that are diverse. They vary in structure, scope of activity as well as size. Analytically, think tanks diversify its research on policy issue both internationally and domestically. The question of security is one of the public policy that think tanks have influenced. Think tanks have caused dynamic changes in the national security. The issue of terrorism and other crime related activities are critical to think tanks. Critically, think tank have created various links that focus on homeland security in the United States (Arin 35). On the same note, think tank play a key role in the formulation of policies that enhance national security. Think tanks shape the domestic and foreign policy. These are because they enjoy diverse aspect of freedom, especially in debating and proposing controversial ideas. In fact, think tank tend to have many powers compared to political leaders in the government.
Policy making process entails various stakeholders. The complexity of policy making calls for the roles of think tanks. The effects of think tank are far much reaching in the political environment. Think tank supply professionals and personnel for executive and legislative branches of government (Ahmad 530). The outcome of the debates influence various sectors of government. Public policy in the presence of think tanks is streamlined towards the demands of the public. In the long-run issue, networks are made possible through the roles played by think tanks.
The political opinions in the presence of think tanks accounts to policy making. One of the issues is that think tanks challenge the conventional political opinions and standard operating procedures. The presence of think tanks streamlines political opinions to be relevant in the long-run (Hamre 3). In most cases, political opinions are biased, but with the presence of think thanks opinions tend to incorporate all issues and rational decisions. In the long-run, conflicting opinions and differences in policy making are eliminated. Think tank enhances rational policy formulation since it provides a constructive environment for the exchange of information and ideas between main stakeholders.
Public policy are influenced by set of ideas. Think tanks change public policy by channeling ideas that help in decision-making. Think tank educates the public to comprehend various issues in policy making. Public policy begins with the political changes in a democratic nation. Therefore, think tanks influence the political stakeholders in the process of policy making. The intellectual synthesis are provided by the think tanks (Rich 37). Critically, the effects arise in the sense that thin tanks break the bureaucratic barriers that are mostly associated with political stakeholders. The policy functions are well analyzed; hence, its relevance is long-term.
Think tanks produce in-depth and independent policy research that is informative to media, public and politicians. Through think tank research, public policy, and political opinions are made in the best way possible (Ahmad 540). The policies made through the insights of think tanks remain relevant in solving problems of the nation for a long time. In the critical analysis, think tanks role in affecting long-term changes in public policy and political opinions are realistic. The various roles of think tanks shape the public policy and political opinions through ideas. The dynamic nature of issues continues to make think tanks relevant in the political scene.
Works cited
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