Think Tanks and Foreign Policy: The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics

Wiarda, Howard J.

ISBN 10: 0739141635 / ISBN 13: 9780739141632

Edité par Lexington Books, 2010

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N° de réf. du vendeur I-9780739141632

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• Titre: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy: The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics
• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0739141635
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780739141632
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think tanks have replaced universities as the main source for new policy ideas and the background research and arguments to justify them.

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HOWARD J. WIARDA is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He has published extensively on Iberian and Latin American issues.

MARGARET MACLEISH MOTT is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Marlboro College in Vermont.