Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs

Editors 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

Abraham F. Lowenthal is professor emeritus of the University of Southern California, president emeritus of the Pacific Council on International Policy, a nonresident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, and an adjunct professor at Brown University. He was founding director of both the Inter-American Dialogue and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Latin American Program. Mariano E. Bertucci is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, Tulane University.

Acknowledgments 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