I can help a little though I agree I would love for Sharon to talk more about them! Think Tanks you may have heard of: Heritage and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the right and Brookings and Center for American Progress more left-leaning. But there are tons of think tanks, many specializing in a specific area of thought, such as …
I can help a little though I agree I would love for Sharon to talk more about them! Think Tanks you may have heard of: Heritage and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the right and Brookings and Center for American Progress more left-leaning. But there are tons of think tanks, many specializing in a specific area of thought, such as foreign relations, civil rights, economics, etc. Think tanks often employ a mix of “thinkers” (PhD experts) and former Administration or Hill officials who work to get their ideas out to the country and (more importantly to them) to policy makers through things called White Papers, as well as meetings, hosted events and research. Where lobbyists generally use relationships to effect (affect? I’m actually not sure) legislation, think tanks use research and data (in theory), though they are relying more and more on relationships too.
My completely anecdotal experience is that the influence of think tanks has grown exponentially in the last twenty years.
I can help a little though I agree I would love for Sharon to talk more about them! Think Tanks you may have heard of: Heritage and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the right and Brookings and Center for American Progress more left-leaning. But there are tons of think tanks, many specializing in a specific area of thought, such as foreign relations, civil rights, economics, etc. Think tanks often employ a mix of “thinkers” (PhD experts) and former Administration or Hill officials who work to get their ideas out to the country and (more importantly to them) to policy makers through things called White Papers, as well as meetings, hosted events and research. Where lobbyists generally use relationships to effect (affect? I’m actually not sure) legislation, think tanks use research and data (in theory), though they are relying more and more on relationships too.
My completely anecdotal experience is that the influence of think tanks has grown exponentially in the last twenty years.
Thanks for the info, Liz.👍