Think tanks, public policy, and the politics of expertise /
While the number of think tanks active in American politics has more than quadrupled since the 1970s, their influence has not expanded proportionally. Instead, the known ideological proclivities of many, especially newer think tanks with their aggressive efforts to obtain high profiles, have come to...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | While the number of think tanks active in American politics has more than quadrupled since the 1970s, their influence has not expanded proportionally. Instead, the known ideological proclivities of many, especially newer think tanks with their aggressive efforts to obtain high profiles, have come to undermine the credibility with which experts and expertise are generally viewed by public officials. This book explains this paradox. The analysis is based on 135 in-depth interviews with officials at think tanks and those in the policy making and funding organizations that draw upon and support their work. The book reports on results from an original survey of congressional staff and journalists and detailed case studies of the role of experts in health care and telecommunications reform debates in the 1990s and tax reduction in 2001. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780511193835 0511193831 9780521830294 052183029X 0511195249 9780511195242 0521673941 9780521673945 0511195907 9780511195907 9780511509889 051150988X 128047761X 9781280477614 9786610477616 6610477612 1107148103 9781107148109 0511327137 9780511327131 0511194579 9780511194573 |