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US Think Tanks and the Politics of Expertise: Role, Value and Impact
Author(s) -
AHMAD MAHMOOD
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2008.00964.x
Subject(s) - think tanks , framing (construction) , staffing , politics , public policy , profit (economics) , political science , policy sciences , public administration , public relations , marketing , business , economics , engineering , law , microeconomics , structural engineering
Think tanks are non‐profit policy research organisations that provide analysis and expertise to influence policy makers. Since the early twentieth century, US think tanks have played a major role in framing policy issues and providing analysis, but in the last thirty years, there has been a veritable think tank proliferation. This paper chronicles and analyses the development of think tanks; classification, organization, staffing and funding; marketing, public relations and public engagement, current trends. Finally an attempt has been made to measure the influence of think tanks on the American policy process.