The Influence Of Heritage Foundation Participate In The American Public Policy

Think-tank was born in the United States in the early20th century, it is a kind of dependent institute acting as external brain for policy decision maker which can provide useful information, expert opinion and alternative plan. The United States as the original of the think-tanks, after a long-term development of the more than a half century, has already formed a think-tank system which is perfectly and maturely.There are so many typical organizations, Heritage Foundation is one of them.Since Heritage Foundation founded in1973,it influences the public policy which from formulation to improvement,and it plays a very important role in American political stage with its obvious Right deviation ideology. As the stand of the Conservatives, Heritage Foundation have the different from other organizations.In order to influence the American public policy, Heritage Foundation not only pays many attention on the useful policy research, but also make great efforts in media campaigns and statements on Congressional Hearing. For these, Heritage Foundation can guide the public opinion, influence congressman and promote public popularity. Decades of years, Heritage Foundation spare no efforts of the public policy. In addition to expanding its domestic and international influences,it gains high popularity, and makes statements on Congressional Hearing even more often than Brookings Institution which is celebrated by its neutral position and dispassionate look and RAND Corporation which is the biggest think-tank in the United States. However, there has no unified standard to assess the impact of think-tanks,and after all which aspects have the influences on the policy,and how to measure the degree of the influences, these always are the difficult questions.By studying of Heritage Foundation participating in the American history of the public policy, the paper try to compare and analyze the effect of Heritage Foundation on every level of society and every stage in public policy making,and may be it is useful to learn how to improve the international competitives for our think-tanks.