A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks And US Foreign Policy - Hardcover

Donald E. Abelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773531157 ISBN 13: 9780773531154

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald E. Abelson is professor and chair, political science, and director, Centre for American Studies, The University of Western Ontario. He is the author of Do Think Tanks Matter? Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes. He lives in London, Ont

Review:

"Abelson correctly identifies a problem in that not a great deal of analysis has gone beyond 'mapping' the think tank phenomenon to systematically address the issue of think tank influence." Diane Stone, Marie Currie Chair, Central European University, University of Warwick

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0773531157
• ISBN 13: 9780773531154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392