TY - BOOK AU - Abelson,Donald E. TI - Do Think Tanks Matter?, First Edition: Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes SN - 9780773569904 AV - H97 -- .A24 2002eb PY - 2002/// CY - Montreal PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Policy sciences KW - Research institutes-United States KW - Research institutes-Canada KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Surveying the Think Tank Landscape in the United States and Canada -- 2 Thinking about Think Tanks: A Conceptual Framework -- 3 In the Arena: Opportunities, Constraints, and Incentives for Think Tanks in the United States and Canada -- 4 Competing in the Marketplace of Ideas: The Strategies of Think Tanks -- 5 Public Visibility and Policy Relevance: Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks -- 6 On the Road to the White House: Presidential Candidates and the Think Tanks That Advised Them -- 7 Policy Experts or Policy Instruments? Think Tanks and the Debate over Constitutional Reform in Canada -- 8 Conclusion: Policy Influence, Policy Relevance, and the Future of Think Tanks in Canada, the United States, and Beyond -- Appendix One: A Profile of Selected American Think Tanks -- Appendix Two: A Profile of Selected Canadian Think Tanks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z N2 - Everyone assumes that think tanks carry enormous weight with lawmakers; this study traces the evolution of think tanks and examines how and under what conditions they can and have made an impact UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3330532 ER -