Think Tanks in America

Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and...
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Author: Thomas Medvetz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Think Tanks in America by Medvetz, Thomas

Think Tanks in America

€73,20

Think Tanks in America

€73,20
Author: Thomas Medvetz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? What kind of "research" do they produce? Where does their authority come from? And how influential have they become? In Think Tanks in America, Thomas Medvetz argues that the unsettling ambiguity of the think tank is less an accidental feature of its existence than the very key to its impact. By combining elements of more established sources of public knowledge--universities, government agencies, businesses, and the media--think tanks exert a tremendous amount of influence on the way citizens and lawmakers perceive the world, unbound by the more clearly defined roles of those other institutions. In the process, they transform the government of this country, the press, and the political role of intellectuals. Timely, succinct, and instructive, this provocative book will force us to rethink our understanding of the drivers of political debate in the United States.

Author: Thomas Medvetz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03/03/2014
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.32w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780226143668

About the Author

Thomas Medvetz is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego.


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