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Capitol Idea : Think Tanks and U. S. Foreign Policy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (390 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773575974
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Capitol IdeaLOC classification:
  • E744
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Lights, Camera, Action: Policy Experts and Presidential Campaigns -- 2 From Generation to Generation: The Origin and Evolution of American Think Tanks -- 3 Theorizing about Think Tanks: Competing Visions and Conceptual Approaches -- 4 Open for Business: Think Tanks and the Marketplace of Ideas -- 5 Something Is Missing: Think Tanks and the Study of Foreign Policy-Making -- 6 Finding Their Way: In Search of Policy Influence -- 7 Is Anybody Listening? Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks -- 8 Think Tanks at Work: The Debate over National Missile Defense -- 9 A Hard-Fought Battle: 9/11, the Bush Doctrine, and the War of Ideas -- Conclusion: Think Tanks, Foreign Policy, and the Public Interest -- APPENDICES -- 1 Profiles and Budgets of Selected American Think Tanks -- 2 Government Positions Held by Staff at Selected Think Tanks -- 3 Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, and Congressional Testimony on Missile Defence and the War on Terror Provided by Selected Think Tanks -- 4 Print Media Coverage, Television Exposure, and Congressional Testimony, January 2001-January 2005 -- 5 Selected Publications on Missile Defence and the War on Terror from American Think Tanks -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achieved on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Lights, Camera, Action: Policy Experts and Presidential Campaigns -- 2 From Generation to Generation: The Origin and Evolution of American Think Tanks -- 3 Theorizing about Think Tanks: Competing Visions and Conceptual Approaches -- 4 Open for Business: Think Tanks and the Marketplace of Ideas -- 5 Something Is Missing: Think Tanks and the Study of Foreign Policy-Making -- 6 Finding Their Way: In Search of Policy Influence -- 7 Is Anybody Listening? Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks -- 8 Think Tanks at Work: The Debate over National Missile Defense -- 9 A Hard-Fought Battle: 9/11, the Bush Doctrine, and the War of Ideas -- Conclusion: Think Tanks, Foreign Policy, and the Public Interest -- APPENDICES -- 1 Profiles and Budgets of Selected American Think Tanks -- 2 Government Positions Held by Staff at Selected Think Tanks -- 3 Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, and Congressional Testimony on Missile Defence and the War on Terror Provided by Selected Think Tanks -- 4 Print Media Coverage, Television Exposure, and Congressional Testimony, January 2001-January 2005 -- 5 Selected Publications on Missile Defence and the War on Terror from American Think Tanks -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achieved on Capitol Hill and in the White House.

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