Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Acronyms xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Surveying the Think Tank Landscape in the United States and Canada 17
8. Thinking about Think Tanks: A Conceptual Framework 49
9. In the Arena: Opportunities, Constraints, and Incentives for Think Tanks in the United States and Canada 58
10. Competing in the Marketplace of Ideas: The Strategies of Think Tanks 74
11. Public Visibility and Policy Relevance: Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks 88
12. On the Road to the White House: Presidential Candidates and the Think Tanks That Advised Them 123
13. Policy Experts or Policy Instruments? Think Tanks and the Debate over Constitutional Reform in Canada 144
14. Conclusion: Policy Influence, Policy Relevance, and the Future of Think Tanks in Canada, the United States, and Beyond 162
15. A Profile of Selected American Think Tanks 173
16. A Profile of Selected Canadian Think Tanks 183
17. Notes 193
18. Bibliography 221
19. Index 247