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

By Howard J. Wiarda

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739141635
• ISBN13: 9780739141632
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"