Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy

Edited by Donald E. Abelson, Department of Political Science, McMaster University and Christopher J. Rastrick, Director of Policy and Deputy Chief of Staff, Ministry of Education, Government of Ontario, Canada

• Contents:Introduction to the Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy xviiiDonald E. Abelson and Christopher J. RastrickPART I THE STUDY OF THINK TANKS1 ‘Network Intellectuals’ and ‘Networked Intellectuals’:relational approaches to the study of British think tanks 2Jordan Tchilingirian2 Describing and comparing think tanks 16Enrique Mendizabal3 Methodological challenges and advances in studying think tanks 33Jesper Dahl KelstrupPART II MANAGING THINK TANKS: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE4 Co-opting the interest groups 44Madsen Pirie5 Addressing ‘new’ think tank management problems 55Raymond J. Struyk6 Association to institute: AEI through four presidencies 71Karlyn Bowman7 American foundations, think tanks and the liberal international order 86Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui YinPART III INFLUENCE AND IMPACT: HOW CAN WEUNDERSTAND THINK TANK PERFORMANCE?8 Think tanks and policy communities: analysing policyinfluence and learning from the analogue to the digital era 100Evert Lindquist9 Think tanks beyond the nation-state: policy analysis for globalpolicy and transnational administration 119Diane Stone10 If it doesn’t matter, why measure it? Reflections on think tankrankings and policy influence 134Donald E. Abelson11 Think tanks and the politics of climate change 150Dieter PlehwePART IV THINK TANKS ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS12 Germany’s marketplace of ideas 167Josef Braml and Daniela Schwarzer13 The development of think tanks in China 179Ling Li14 The role of think tanks in promoting foreign policy change in Israel 205Nimrod Goren15 The rise or demise of American think tanks? 221Donald E. Abelson16 What’s in a think tank’s mix of interventions? Plugging intopolitics and policymaking in Canada’s knowledge regime 239Julien Landry17 Think tanks and political-knowledge regimes in the SouthernCone: case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay 258Adolfo Garcé García y Santos and Camilo López Burian18 ‘Atlantic Drift’: a baseline model for American andsupranational think tanks 278Christopher J. Rastrick19 EU think tanks: facilitating policy development in a changingenvironment 293Heidi Ullrich20 Supranational think tanks and the research agenda ahead 311Christopher J. RastrickPART V THINK TANKS IN POPULIST CONTEXTS21 Think tanks confront the challenge of populism 322Stephen Brooks22 Trump and the foreign policy elite think tank networks 338Naná de Graaff and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn23 British think tanks in the time of ‘Brexit’ 354Mark Garnett and Virgile LorenzoniIndex 369

'This is a remarkable collection of expert analysis on the politics, practices and study of think tanks. Abelson and Rastrick have curated a collection that adds significantly to our appreciation of the role of think tanks in different geographical and political contexts, and explores the dynamics and influence of think tanks within the nation-state and those that operate globally. The collection combines insightful insider reflections with scholarly discussion to provide an invaluable addition to our understanding of these important institutions.'