中美农业智库行为比较研究

Comparative Study on the Behavior of Chinese and American Agricultural Think Tanks

[目的/意义]中外智库比较研究是智库研究中的一个重要方面,不同社会文化背景、管理体制和运行机制下智库行为的比较,对中国智库未来发展借鉴国际经验具有重要意义。[方法/过程]选择中美两国不同类型的农业类智库作为典型案例,从科研学术、政策咨询、社会舆论、合作交流四个方面,对比分析中美智库的行为,由此透视中美智库发展的差异性和规律特征。[结果/结论]发现中美两国科研院所类智库的学术行为都比大学附属型智库活跃;布鲁金斯学会的科研学术行为和政策咨询行为最为活跃;与美国相比,中国智库的政策咨询行为的影响力存在较大差距;美国民间智库更加注重与媒体的沟通和联系,通过各种途径来扩展自身的合作交流网络。最后讨论了美国经验对中国智库建设的建议,以及中美智库行为比较研究的未来。

[ Purpose/Significance ] Comparative study between different countries is an important aspect of the research of think tank. Thecomparison of behavior of think tank under the different social cultural background, management system and operation mechanism has greatsignificance for the think tanks of China to draw a lesson from international experience. [ Method/Process] Selecting different types of ag-ricultural think tanks in China and America as a typical case, this paper conducts a comparative study of the activities differences of thinktanks in China and America from the aspects of academic research, policy advice, social public opinion, and cooperation, thus to study thedifferences of the development and the characteristics of think tanks in the two countries. [ Result/Conclusion I It is found that academicbehavior of the institutes in China and the United States think tank are more active than the university affiliated ones; the academic behaviorand policy advising behavior of Brookings Institution are the most active ; there is a big gap between the American think tanks and the Chi-nese think tanks＂ policy consulting behavior influence; folk think tanks in America pay more attention to the media, and will proactivelysearch for more communication and contact opportunities via various ways to expand its cooperation and exchanges in the network. Final-ly, the recommendations for the construction of China think tanks based on the American experience are presented, and the future of thecomparative study of the behavior of Chinese and American think tanks is discussed.