Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2010
Summary
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. This book discusses think tanks in general but focuses specifically on the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia. Though a smallish 'tank,' FPRI has been enormously influential, feeding its ideas into government and policy debate even at the level of presidential politics. The author discusses FPRI within the context of the growing influence of presidential politics. The author discusses FPRI within the context of the growing influence of think tanks over public policy in general and foreign policy in particular.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-4163-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-4164-9
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 158
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface: From AEI to FPRI No access
- Chapter One: Introduction to Philadelphia and FPRI No access Pages 1 - 12
- Chapter Two: History and Background No access Pages 13 - 28
- Chapter Three: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy No access Pages 29 - 50
- Chapter Four: The Colleagues No access Pages 51 - 70
- Chapter Five: The Central Administration No access Pages 71 - 82
- Chapter Six: Work Life No access Pages 83 - 100
- Chapter Seven: Out and About in Philadelphia No access Pages 101 - 120
- Chapter Eight: Foreign Travel and the 1988 Presidential Race No access Pages 121 - 138
- Conclusion: Return Visits No access Pages 139 - 148
- Index No access Pages 149 - 158





