Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and U. S. Foreign PolicyMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2006 M08 14 - 392 pages 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Policy Experts and Presidential Campaigns | 23 |
The Origin and Evolution of American Think Tanks | 43 |
Competing Visions and Conceptual Approaches | 97 |
Think Tanks and the Marketplace of Ideas | 110 |
Think Tanks and the Study of Foreign PolicyMaking | 127 |
In Search of Policy Influence | 147 |
7 Is Anybody Listening? Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks | 163 |
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