| Title: | Think Tanks and Policy Advice in the US Academics, Advisors and Advocates |
| Authors: | james G. McGann, Author |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Publisher: | [S.l.] : Routledge, 2007 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-415-54344-6 |
| Size: | x, 196 p. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | 320.6 |
| Keywords: | Policy Making, Think Tanks, Political planning, United States, Research institutes, Political aspects, Policy sciences, |
| Contents note: |
Table of Contents
List if Illustration About the author Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Think Tanks and Policy Advice 2. The History of Think Tanks in the United States 3. Think tanks defined - Classifying - Types of affiliation - Organizational characteristics of independent Think Tanks - Organization and staffing - Political and philosophical orientation - State-based think tanks and networks 4. marketing, public relations and public engagement - Seminars, Conferences and briefings - Publications - The Media - Relations with the government agencies 5. Measuring the influence of think tanks 6. Thnk Tank Funding 7. Current Trends facing think tanks - Background - Funding - Proliferation of think tanks and other NGOs - Rise of partisan politics - The omnipresent media and the rise of the Internet - Rise of the specialist and boutique think tanks - Globalization and the increased demand for policy advice 8. Conclusions 9. Recommendations 10. Essays on value, role and impact of think tanks Appendix Note Bibliography Index |
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