politics
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

politics, power, and war
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

educational reform
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

Brookings Institution
type: Concept
broader: think tanks

planning, strategy, and command and control
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

Heritage Foundation
type: Concept
broader: think tanks

organizations (environment and society)
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

think tanks
type: Concept
broader: organizations (environment and society)
broader: media and communications
broader: politics, power, and war
broader: politics
broader: educational reform
broader: public policy
broader: planning, strategy, and command and control
narrower: Progressive Policy Institute
narrower: Brookings Institution
narrower: Heritage Foundation
narrower: American Enterprise Institute
definition: THINK TANKS CAN BE difficult to define, although they are usually nonprofit organizations with a significant research focus. Over time the boundary between objective policy evaluations, a traditional think tank activity, and policy advocacy have become blurred as think tanks have become increasingly involved in lobbying government. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right; Think Tanks]

media and communications
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

public policy
type: Concept
narrower: think tanks

Progressive Policy Institute
type: Concept
broader: think tanks

American Enterprise Institute
type: Concept
broader: think tanks

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: think tanks