Think tanks and power in foreign policy
Subtitle: a comparative study of the role and influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1939-1945
By: Inderjeet Parmar.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Council on Foreign Relations -- History -- 20th century.; Royal Institute of International Affairs -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Research institutes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945.
Description: "What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? As Britain and the United States draw ever closer in global affairs, Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy examines the intellectual and political forces that constructed a resilient Anglo-American alliance during the Second World War. Chattam House and the Council on Foreign Relations were vital in America's shift from isolationism to globalism, and in Britain's shift from Empire to its current pro-American orientation and were also fundamental in engineering public backing for a new world order. This study locates the think tanks within their respective foreign policy establishments and also considers their numerous transatlantic interconnections - social, political and economic. Finally, the historical evidence is tested against important theories of power, including Gramscian, pluralist, corporatist and statist. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organised and well-connected elite think tanks helped to change the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.