Medvetz, Thomas.

Think tanks in America / Thomas Medvetz. - xiv, 324 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: gaining ground: the rise of the policy expert -- Indistinction: rethinking the think tank -- Experts in the making: on the birth of technoscientific reason -- The crystallization of the space of think tanks -- The rules of policy research -- From deprivation to dependency: expert discourse and the American welfare debate -- Conclusion: anti-intellectualism, public intellectualism, and public sociology revisited.

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Government consultants--United States.
Research institutes--United States.
Policy sciences--United States.
Political planning--United States.
Government consultants.
Policy sciences.
Political planning.
Research institutes.
Thinktank.
Förenta staterna--politik och förvaltning.


United States.
Verenigde Staten.
USA.

JK468.C7 / .M43 2012

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