Do think tanks matter? : assessing the impact of public policy institutes /
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Montreal ; Kingston :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2002]
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Table of 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: policy influence, policy relevance, and the future of think tanks in Canada, the United States, and beyond
- Appendix one: a profile of selected American think tanks
- Appendix two: a profile of selected Canadian think tanks.