Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Acronyms xv
6. Introduction 1
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 61
10. Competing in the Marketplace of Ideas: The Strategies of Think Tanks 77
11. Public Visibility and Policy Relevance: Assessing the Influence of Think Tanks 92
12. On the Road to the White House: Presidential Candidates and the Think Tanks That Advised Them 127
13. Policy Experts or Policy Instruments? Think Tanks and the Debate over Constitutional Reform in Canada 150
14. Conclusion: The More Things Change … Policy Influence, Policy Relevance, and the Future of Think Tanks in Canada, the United States, and Beyond 168
15. A Profile of Selected American Think Tanks 181
16. A Profile of Selected Canadian Think Tanks 192
17. Media Citations for Selected American Think Tanks, 1998-2008 201
18. Media Citations for Selected Canadian Think Tanks, 2000–2008 227
19. References to Selected American Think Tanks in the U.S. Congress, 1999–2008 247
20. References to Selected Think Tanks in Parliamentary Committees, 1999–2008 263
21. Notes 279
22. Bibliography 307
23. Index 341