03302nam 2200649Ia 450 991078984710332120231206211007.00-7735-8039-51-282-86644-397866128664490-7735-7597-910.1515/9780773575974(CKB)2670000000079248(SSID)ssj0000478097(PQKBManifestationID)11320069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478097(PQKBWorkID)10418971(PQKB)11216737(CEL)432821(CaBNvSL)slc00225505(Au-PeEL)EBL3332010(CaPaEBR)ebr10558959(CaONFJC)MIL286644(OCoLC)923233722(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/hj8bw9(MiAaPQ)EBC3332010(DE-B1597)655816(DE-B1597)9780773575974(MiAaPQ)EBC3271132(EXLCZ)99267000000007924820070725d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA capitol idea[electronic resource] think tanks and US foreign policy /Donald E. AbelsonMontreal ;Ithaca [New York] McGill-Queen's University Pressc20061 electronic text (xxii, 367 p. : ill.) digital file0-7735-3115-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Research institutesUnited StatesHistoryPolitical planningUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsResearch institutesHistory.Political planning327.73Abelson Donald E556092MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789847103321A capitol idea3853538UNINA