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Online-Ressource (390 p)
ISBN:
9780773531154
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Lights, Camera, Action: Policy Experts and Presidential Campaigns -- 2 From Generation to Generation: The Origin and Evolution of American Think Tanks -- 3 Theorizing about Think Tanks: Competing Visions and Conceptual Approaches -- 4 Open for Business: Think Tanks and the Marketplace of Ideas -- 5 Something Is Missing: Think Tanks and the Study of Foreign Policy-Making -- 6 Finding Their Way: In Search of Policy Influence -- 7 Is Anybody Listening? Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks -- 8 Think Tanks at Work: The Debate over National Missile Defense -- 9 A Hard-Fought Battle: 9/11, the Bush Doctrine, and the War of Ideas -- Conclusion: Think Tanks, Foreign Policy, and the Public Interest -- APPENDICES -- 1 Profiles and Budgets of Selected American Think Tanks -- 2 Government Positions Held by Staff at Selected Think Tanks -- 3 Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, and Congressional Testimony on Missile Defence and the War on Terror Provided by Selected Think Tanks -- 4 Print Media Coverage, Television Exposure, and Congressional Testimony, January 2001-January 2005 -- 5 Selected Publications on Missile Defence and the War on Terror from American Think Tanks -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Lights, Camera, Action: Policy Experts and Presidential Campaigns""; ""2 From Generation to Generation: The Origin and Evolution of American Think Tanks""; ""3 Theorizing about Think Tanks: Competing Visions and Conceptual Approaches""; ""4 Open for Business: Think Tanks and the Marketplace of Ideas""; ""5 Something Is Missing: Think Tanks and the Study of Foreign Policy-Making""; ""6 Finding Their Way: In Search of Policy Influence""; ""7 Is Anybody Listening? Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks""
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""8 Think Tanks at Work: The Debate over National Missile Defense""""9 A Hard-Fought Battle: 9/11, the Bush Doctrine, and the War of Ideas""; ""Conclusion: Think Tanks, Foreign Policy, and the Public Interest""; ""APPENDICES""; ""1 Profiles and Budgets of Selected American Think Tanks""; ""2 Government Positions Held by Staff at Selected Think Tanks""; ""3 Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, and Congressional Testimony on Missile Defence and the War on Terror Provided by Selected Think Tanks""
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""4 Print Media Coverage, Television Exposure, and Congressional Testimony, January 2001�January 2005""""5 Selected Publications on Missile Defence and the War on Terror from American Think Tanks""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773575974
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773531154
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Capitol Idea : Think Tanks and U.S. Foreign Policy
Language:
English
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