Think tanks across nations : a comparative approach

Introduction - think tanks, policy advice and governance, Diane Stone and Mark Garnett think tanks, British politics and the Climate of Opinion, Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett French think tanks in comparative perspective, Catherine Fieschi and John Gaffney think tanks, advocacy coalitions and policy change - a first look at the Italian case, Claudio M. Radaelli and Alberto P. Martini think tanks in Germany, Wimand Gellner think tanks in the United States, Donald E. Abelson a quarter-century of Candian think tanks - reflections on evolving institutions, conditions and strategies, Evert A. Lindquist the development and discourse of Australian think tanks, Diane Stone think tanks and intellectual participation in Malaysian discourses of development, Su-ming Khoo think tansk in Japan - towards a more democratic soicety, Makiko Ueno Russian think tanks 1956-1996, Mark Sandle conclusions - ideas and influence, William Wallace.