Northern lights : exploring Canada's think tank landscape /

"With an estimated 1830 think tanks stretched across its 50 states and close to 400 public policy institutes in Washington, D.C. alone, the United States possesses the largest concentration of think tanks on the globe. But despite being home to several prominent think tanks such as the Brooking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abelson, Donald E (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Research institutes > Canada.
Policy sciences > Canada.
Sciences de la politique > Canada.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Policy sciences.
Research institutes.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 What's (and is Not) a Think Tank?
  • 2 Are All Think Tanks Alike?
  • 3 How Has the Role of Think Tanks Changed?
  • 4 What Do Think Tanks Do, and How Do They Don't?
  • 5 With Whom Do Think Tanks Communicate?
  • 6 In What Ways Are Canadian and American Think Tanks Similar? How Are They Different?
  • 7 How Do Think Tanks Evaluate Their Impact, and Why Should We Be Skeptical?
  • 8 Conclusion: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead: The Cuture of Canadian Think Tanks
  • 9 Profiles of Canadian Think Tanks
  • Appendixes. 1 References to Selected Canadian Think Tanks in the National Media, 2000-2015
  • 2 Appearances by Selected Canadian Think Tanks before Parliamentary Committees, 1999-2015
  • 3 References to Selected Canadian Think Tanks in Parliament, 1994-2015.

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