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The thinkers : the rise of partisan think tanks and the polarization of American politics / E.J. Fagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fagan, E. J., author.
- Series:
- Studies in postwar American political development.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Studies in postwar American political development
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polarization (Social sciences)--United States.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Research institutes--Political aspects--United States.
- Research institutes.
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Increasingly, political parties have adopted not only different policies, but different sets of facts. As E.J. Fagan argues, partisan think tanks have helped create these alternate realities in their capacity as de facto formal party organizations. Through the analyses generated by aligned think tanks, political elites on both the left and right frequently offer radically different assessments of a policy's consequences, such as the effect of tax cuts on deficits or the impact of environmental regulations on economic growth. In 'The Thinkers', Fagan tells the story of how partisan think tanks - such as the Heritage Foundation and Center for American Progress - displaced non-partisan experts to become the closest policy advisors to the Republican and Democratic Parties.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Thinkers
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Problem with Problem-Solving
- 3. The Development of Partisan Knowledge Regimes
- 4. Privately Controlled Party Organizations
- 5. How Partisan Think Tanks Set Their Agenda
- 6. The Growth of Polarization and Partisan Think Tanks
- 7. Partisan Think Tanks and Polarization across Issues
- 8. Polarized Policy Analysis
- 9. Green Jobs and Climate Change Denial
- 10. Democracy and the Information Wars
- Methodological Appendix to Chapters 5-7
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 15, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-775969-6
- 0-19-775967-X
- OCLC:
- 1428260313
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