Think tanks: their development, global diversity and roles in international affairs
| Titel: | Think tanks: their development, global diversity and roles in international affairs |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Hamburg, 2011 |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource, 8 S. |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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GIGA Focus International Edition ; Bd. 6 |
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Abstract: The London-based Royal United Services Institute, one of the oldest continuously existing think tanks in the world, is celebrating the 180th anniversary of its founding this year. Other British and American think tanks with a focus on international affairs have been popping up for the past hundred years or so and have strong global reputations. Think tanks have not remained a British or American phenomenon. Rather, thousands of think tanks have been founded in many other parts of the world. Still, the term "think tank" has remained ambiguous, reflecting the substantial diversity of think tanks' functions and forms. While many definitions of think tanks emphasize the public policy focus of such organizations, the particular roles that think tanks actually play – either individually or as a group within a given context - need to be determined empirically. The same holds true for the supposedly positive role think tanks play in civil society. The substantial diversity of think tanks a |
