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Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise

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ISBN-10: 0521673941

ISBN-13: 9780521673945

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andrew Rich

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Think tanks are nonprofit policy research organizations that provide analysis and expertise to influence policymakers. From the 1970s their number exploded in the U.S. and their proliferation represented a hope that lawmaking might become better informed and more effective as a result of these expert contributions. Instead, as this book documents, the known ideologies of many, especially the newer, think tanks currently contribute to an environment in which they differ little from advocacy organizations, promoting points of view and preordained policy prescriptions. As a result, they fail to achieve desired influence and undermine their credibility.
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Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792

D.O.B. 6th June 1950. One time examiner at Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Ireland; Universities of Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, Belfast, Dublin (Trinity College), National University of Ireland, King AbdulAziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Amman (Jordan), King Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).Andrew Rich is an assistant professor of political science at City College of New York. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. Professor Rich taught at Wake Forest University from 1999 to 2003.

List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgements
The political demography of think tanks
The evolution of think tanks
Political credibility
The policy roles of experts
Policy influence: making research matter
Think tanks, experts and American politics
details on the characteristics, perception and visibility of think tanks
list of in-depth interviews
Works cited
Index