British Think Tanks: Advancing the Intellectual Debate?
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-856X.00036 |
| Published date | 01 June 2000 |
| Author | Philippa Sherrington |
| Date | 01 June 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
British Journal of Politics and International Relations,
Vol. 2, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 256–263
British think tanks:
advancing the intellectual debate?
PHILIPPA SHERRINGTON
Books reviewed
Denham, A. and Garnett, M. (1998) British Think Tanks and the Climate
of Opinion. London: UCL Press, ix + 222 pp., ISBN 1-85728-497-6 (pb)
Kandiah, M. and Seldon, A. (eds) (1996a) Ideas and Think Tanks in
Contemporary Britain. Volume 1. London: Frank Cass, 209 pp., ISBN
0-7146-4301-7
Kandiah, M. and Seldon, A. (eds) (1996b) Ideas and Think Tanks in
Contemporary Britain. Volume 2. London: Frank Cass, 212 pp., ISBN
0-7146-4328-9
Stone, D. (1996a) Capturing the Political Imagination. Think Tanks and
the Policy Process. London: Frank Cass, xviii + 331 pp., ISBN 0-7146-
4263-0 (pb)
Stone, D., Denham, A. and Garnett, M. (eds) (1998) Think Tanks across
Nations. A Comparative Approach. Manchester: Manchester University
Press, xv + 234 pp., ISBN 0-7190-5054-5
Think tanks are now very much an accepted facet of British politics. The
ease with which they have slipped into popular and academic discourse is
quite discernible. In part, this results from the increased attention to the
role of non-state actors in society, and ties in with a more rigorous
questioning of the accountability and legitimacy of contemporary political
structures. Clearly, a few authors have dominated the British literature on
think tanks in recent years. The wave of publications in the 1990s also
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