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A capitol idea : think tanks and US foreign policy

Abelson focuses on a host of high profile think tanks - including the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation, and the Project for the New American Century - and on the public and private channels they rely on to influence important and controversial foreign policies, including the development and possible deployment of a National Missile Defense and George Bush's controversial war on terror. In the process of uncovering how some of the nation's most prominent think tanks have established themselves as key players in the political arena, he challenges traditional approaches to assessing policy influence and suggests alternative models
eBook, English, ©2006
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal [Que.], ©2006
1 online resource (xxii, 367 pages : illustrations
9780773575974, 9780773580398, 9781282866447, 9786612866449, 0773575979, 0773580395, 1282866443, 6612866446
713186238
Print version:
Lights, camera, action : policy experts and presidential campaigns
From generation to generation : the origin and evolution of American think tanks
Theorizing about think tanks : competing visions and conceptual approaches
Open for business : think tanks and the marketplace of ideas
Something is missing : think tanks and the study of foreign policy-making
Finding their way : in search of policy influence
Is anybody listening? : assessing the influence of think tanks
Think tanks at work : the debate over national missile defense
A hard-fought battle : 9/11, the Bush doctrine, and the war of ideas
Conclusion : think tanks, foreign policy, and the public interest
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