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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Abelson, Donald E. Do think tanks matter? Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2011453046 (OCoLC)320185523 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Donald E Abelson |
ISBN: | 9780773575417 0773575413 1282865919 9781282865914 9786612865916 6612865911 |
OCLC Number: | 713186159 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages : illustrations |
Contents: | Surveying the think tank landscape in the United States and Canada -- Thinking about think tanks : a conceptual framework -- In the arena : opportunities, constraints, and incentives for think tanks in the United States and Canada -- Competing in the marketplace of ideas : the strategies of think tanks -- Public visibility and policy relevance : assessing the influence of think tanks -- On the road to the White House : presidential candidates and the think tanks that advised them -- Policy experts or policy instruments? Think tanks and the debate over constitutional reform in Canada -- Conclusion : the more things change ... policy influence, policy relevance, and the future of think tanks in Canada, the United States, and beyond. |
Responsibility: | Donald E. Abelson. |
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"An important contribution to a body of literature that is increasingly recognised in the social sciences as an undeveloped field and worthy of more extensive investigation. Abelson's comparative insights will have wider significance in drawing attention to how think tanks find different points of access within the policy cycles. He provides extensive coverage of the issues, concerns, and debates confronted by think tank directors, their funders, and their users, and provides the most up-to-date account of the literature." Diane Stone, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick----"Well-written and lucid ... this is a seminal contribution to the field. Abelson has a sophisticated and up-to-date understanding of the literature and the phenomena that he studies." Evert Lindquist, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria Read more...

