Do think tanks matter?
Subtitle: assessing the impact of public policy institutes
By: Donald E. Abelson
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780773536074; 9780773536081
Subjects: Policy sciences; Sciences de la politique; Research institutes; Centres de recherche; Politikberatung
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Surveying the think tank landscape in the United States and Canada; title: Thinking about think tanks : a conceptual framework; title: In the arena : opportunities, constraints, and incentives for think tanks in the United States and Canada; title: Competing in the marketplace of ideas : the strategies of think tanks; title: Public visibility and policy relevance : assessing the influence of think tanks; title: On the road to the White House : presidential candidates and the think tanks that advised them; title: Policy experts or policy instruments? Think tanks and the debate over constitutional reform in Canada; title: Conclusion : the more things change ... policy influence, policy relevance, and the future of think tanks in Canada, the United States, and beyond.