Institute for Policy Studies
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Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an American think tank for progressive politics based in Washington, DC. The IPS works with social movements to develop policies to promote democracy, justice, human rights, and diversity.
The institute was founded in 1963 by two former aides to Kennedy administration advisers: Marcus Raskin, aide to McGeorge Bundy, and Richard Barnet, aide to John J. McCloy. Start-up funding was secured from the Sears heir, Philip Stern, and banker, James Warburg.
IPS played key roles in the civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s, the women's and environmental movements in the 1970s, the anti-apartheid and anti-intervention movements in the 1980s, and the fair trade and environmental justice movements of the 1990s and 2000s.
References
- The Left-Leaning Think Tank (http://www.tni.org/media/ips-change.htm) by Peter Kovler, from Change magazine
External link
- Institute for Policy Studies website (http://www.ips-dc.org/)Template:Poli-stub