Format:
1 Online-Ressource (219 pages)
ISBN:
9781472475855
Content:
Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics- Front Cover -- Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Chapter 1: Struggling to be heard: The crowded and complex world of foreign-policy-oriented think tanks -- Introduction -- The paradox of plenty -- Measuring influence -- Pathways to influence -- Key findings -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Feulner's pendulum: Moving between policy research and political advocacy -- Introduction
Content:
An idea whose time had come: The birth of the heritage foundation -- Policy research vs political advocacy -- What is and isn't a think tank? -- Five ways to identify a think tank -- What isn't a think tank? -- Why are advocacy think tanks so popular? -- Conclusion: Balance, what balance? A new generation of think tanks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Blending advocacy and research: The attributes and brand identities of the foremost human rights advocacy think tanks -- Introduction -- Profiles -- Making an impact -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References
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Chapter 4: The governance turn in EU foreign policy: Are EU think tanks out of the picture? -- Introduction -- 1. What is foreign policy in the EU? -- 2. Beyond intergovernmentalism in EU foreign policy -- 3. Researching EU think tanks' engagement in EU foreign policy -- 4. EU foreign policy think tanks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Think tanks American style -- Introduction -- Reflections on the evolution of American think tanks -- The first wave, 1900-45 -- The second wave, 1946-70 -- The third wave, 1971-89 -- The fourth wave, 1990-2015
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The perfect storm: Why think tanks thrive in the US -- The more things change . . . -- The strategies of American think tanks -- Think tanks by the numbers -- Conclusion: New thinking about think tanks -- References -- Chapter 6: Germany: The think and the tank -- Introduction -- A sketch of German think tank history -- Changing patterns in addressing political decision makers -- Predominance of "Wissenschaftlichkeit" and"dull pragmatism" -- Needed: Communicating German interests -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Think tanks and foreign policy in the United Kingdom
Content:
Introduction: Influence and causation -- The first wave -- The "second wave" of UK think tanks -- The question of influence -- Informed opinion and foreign policy think tanks -- Case study: Think tanks and the Iraq War -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Chinese think tanks' influence on foreign policy making: A case study of the role of CIIS and SIIS in the making of China's Europe policy -- Introduction -- The emergence of China's think tank community -- Foreign policy think tanks within the current political and bureaucratic system
Content:
The lack of a public sphere for policy debates and policy advocacy
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Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781317010661
Additional Edition:
Print version Abelson, Donald E Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics : Pathways to Influence Milton : Taylor and Francis,c2016 ISBN 9781472475855
Language:
English
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