| Item Description: | Introduction -- 1. Surveying the Think Tank Landscape in the United States and Canada -- 2. Thinking about Think Tanks: A Conceptual Framework -- 3. In the Arena: Opportunities, Constraints, and Incentives for Think Tanks in the United States and Canada -- 4. Competing in the Marketplace of Ideas: The Strategies of Think Tanks -- 5. Public Visibility and Policy Relevance: Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks -- 6. On the Road to the White House: Presidential Candidates and the Think Tanks That Advised Them -- 7. Policy Experts or Policy Instruments? Think Tanks and the Debate over Constitutional Reform in Canada -- 8 Conclusion: Policy Influence, Policy Relevance, and the Future of Think Tanks in Canada, the United States, and Beyond -- Appendix One: A Profile of Selected American Think Tanks -- Appendix Two: A Profile of Selected Canadian Think Tanks. |
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