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Book SynopsisAs think tank numbers explode, they have become an integral part of political life. Political leaders, corporations and non-governmental organisations draw upon their expert advice to advance their causes in the battle of ideas.
Table of Contents1. Introduction Think tanks, policy advice and governance – Diane Stone
Part I The international dimension
2. Institutes of International Affairs in foreign policy making, opinion mobilisation 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
Part 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, Central and Eastern Europe – Mark Sandle
Part 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 Nicholas J. Durote
Part IV. The Anglo-American tradition
13. The business of ideas: A look at the think tank industry in the United States – Don Abelson
14. A ‘hollowed out’ tradition? 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. Lundqvist
Afterword Soft power, global agendas – William Wallace
