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UNINA9910789847103321 |
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Autore |
Abelson Donald E |
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A capitol idea [[electronic resource] ] : think tanks and US foreign policy / / Donald E. Abelson |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca [New York], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006 |
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0-7735-8039-5 |
1-282-86644-3 |
9786612866449 |
0-7735-7597-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic text (xxii, 367 p. : ill.) : digital file |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Research institutes - United States - History |
Political planning - United States |
United States Foreign relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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