Displaying 1 of 1 1991 Format: Book Author: Smith, James Allen, 1948- Title: The idea brokers : think tanks and the rise of the new policy elite / James Allen Smith. Publisher, Date: New York : The Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1991. Description: xxi, 313 pages ; 25 cm Summary: Tracing the rise of the think tank from the turn of the century to the present, historian Smith provides a portrait of this policy elite and concludes that "experts" have preempted the public debate by helping to remove complex issues from the ken of ordinary citizens. Subjects: Government consultants -- United States. Policy scientists -- United States. Research institutes -- United States. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0. American Historical Association Herbert Feis Award, 1992. Contents: Policy elite -- laboratories for reform -- Efficiency experts -- Experts advising -- Technocratic faiths -- Action intellectuals -- Limits of Liberalism -- Ideological divide -- Marketplace of ideas -- Politics of ideas -- Notes -- Appendix: leading think tanks. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 90039735 ISBN: 0029295513 9780029295519 0029295556 9780029295557 Other Number: 21875734 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 37170 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 353.093 Smith Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
