A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and US Foreign Policy

Abelson, Donald E.

ISBN 10: 0773531157 / ISBN 13: 9780773531154

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2006

About this Item

VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text.

Seller Inventory # 104866

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and US Foreign Policy
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773531157
• ISBN 13: 9780773531154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Alibris

About this title

Synopsis

A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achieved on Capitol Hill and in the White House.

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 the Author

Donald E. Abelson is academic director of the Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement and professor of political science at McMaster University.