LEADER 03299nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910809917003321 005 20240416200723.0 010 $a0-7735-8039-5 010 $a1-282-86644-3 010 $a9786612866449 010 $a0-7735-7597-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773575974 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11320069 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418971 035 $a(PQKB)11216737 035 $a(CEL)432821 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00225505 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286644 035 $a(OCoLC)923233722 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/hj8bw9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332010 035 $a(DE-B1597)655816 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773575974 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3271132 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079248 100 $a20070725d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA capitol idea $ethink tanks and US foreign policy /$fDonald E. Abelson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [New York] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 electronic text (xxii, 367 p. : ill.) $cdigital file 311 $a0-7735-3115-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLights, 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. 330 $aAbelson 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. 606 $aResearch institutes$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical planning$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 615 0$aResearch institutes$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical planning 676 $a327.73 700 $aAbelson$b Donald E$0556092 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809917003321 996 $aA capitol idea$94119006 997 $aUNINA