The think tank in an era of "liberal consensus" -- Think tanks in a "marketplace of ideas" -- Think tanks in the age of Reagan -- Think tanks, new democrats, and committed conservatives -- Think tanks, foreign policy, and the marketplace of ideas in the 2000s -- Conclusion: policy as identity politics
Summary
" ... Traces the progression of think tanks from the rise of a broad conservative movement and the turn away from New Deal liberalism, their expanding role in advancing a neoconservative foreign policy through U.S. military power from the 1980s onward, and their current prominence as a counterweight to progressive political institutions and thought"-- Provided by publisher
