Degree Name
MA in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management
First Advisor
Jeff Unsicker
Abstract
This paper focuses on a case study of Child Trends, a non-profit non-partisan research organization and examines the connection between research and policy. All information was obtained through informal interviews and observations. The focus is on the role of research in three projects from the beginning of policy advocacy to the end of implementation of policy. The differences between advocacy and lobbying are examined, as well as the limitations of a non-partisan research organization in policy advocacy.
Disciplines
Politics and Social Change | Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
Recommended Citation
Fletcher, Megan, "A Case Study of Child Trends: Research as the Backbone of Policy" (2010). Capstone Collection. 1422.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/capstones/1422