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Think tank traditions, policy research and the politics of ideas, edited by Diane Stone and Andrew Denham

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Think tank traditions

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edited by Diane Stone and Andrew Denham

policy research and the politics of ideas

"Think tank traditions is a follow up to the critically acclaimed monograph Think Tanks across Nations (Manchester University Press, 1998), edited by the same authors, which was widely acknowledged as a ground-breaking work in the comparative study of think tanks. The book looks at the historical role and contemporary significance of think tanks in the West, including Europe, the United States and Canada, as well as considering their activities in China, Eastern Europe and Argentina. In so doing, the book provides a broad-based and in-depth analysis of the role of think tanks in the processes of economic liberalization and democratization"--publisher description

1. Introduction : Think tanks, policy advice and governance / Diane Stone -- pt. I. The international dimension; 2. Institutes of international affairs : their roles in foreign policy-making, opinion mobilization and unofficial diplomacy / Inderjeet Parmar -- 3. Think tanks beyond nation-states / Diane Stone -- 4. European Union think tanks : generating ideas, analysis and debate / Heidi Ullrich -- pt. II. European think tank traditions; 5. Think tanks in Germany / Martin Thunert -- 6. Italy : think tanks and the political system / Sonia Lucarelli and Claudio M. Radaelli -- 7. French think tanks in comparative perspective / Catherine Fieschi and John Gaffney -- 8. Think tanks, post communism and democracy in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe / Mark Sandle -- pt. III. Think tanks in democratic development and economic transition; 9. The Chinese tradition of policy research institutes / Ming-Chen Shai with Diane Stone -- 10. Think tanks in Japan: a new alternative / Makiko Ueno -- 11. Think tanks and Malaysian development / Su-ming Khoo -- 12. Think tanks in developing countries: lessons from Argentina / Miguel Braun, Antonio Cicioni and Nicolas J. Ducote -- pt. IV. The Anglo-American tradition; 13. The business of ideas: the think tank industry in the USA / Donald E. Abelson -- 14. A 'hollowed-out' tradtion? British think tanks in the twenty-first century / Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett -- 15. Australian think tanks / Ian Marsh and Diane Stone -- 16. Three decades of Canadian think tanks: evolving institutions, conditions and strategies / Evert A. Lindquist -- Afterword : soft power, global agendas / William Wallce -- Appendix : think tanks and their web sites / Diane Stone