The Thinkers : The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics

Name: The Thinkers : The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

The ThinkersThe Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics\nAuthor(s): E.J. Fagan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197759660, 978-0197759660\nSynopsis\nIncreasingly, political parties have adopted not only different policies, but different sets of facts. As [url] 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. \n\nIn 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 po.