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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
March 3, 2014
Pages
324
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226143668
ISBN-10
022614366X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Univ of Chicago Pr (September 6, 2012)
9780226517292 | details & prices | 324 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $35.00
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (March 3, 2014)
9780226143668 | details & prices | 324 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $25.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
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