While the number of think tanks active in American politics has
more than quadrupled since the 1970s, their influence has not
expanded proportionally. In many cases, think tanks have become
more marketing than research organizations, with styles of behavior
that mimic interest groups more than universities. Rather than
organizations committed to objective analysis of policy problems,
think tanks have become organizations that turn experts into
advocates and policy information into ammunition. The book explains
this paradox and elaborates on its significant implications. The
analysis is based on 135 in-depth interviews with officials at
think tanks and those in the policymaking and funding organizations
that draw upon and support their work. The book reports on results
from an original survey of congressional staff and journalists and
detailed case studies of the role of experts in health care and
telecommunications reform debates in the 1990s and tax reform in
2001.
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