Introduction: think tanks, policy advice and governance.
1. Think tanks, British politics and the 'climate of opinion'.
2. French think tanks in comparative perspective.
3. Think tanks, advocacy coalitions and policy change: the Italian case.
4. Think tanks in Germany.
5. Think tanks in the United States.
6. A quarter century of Canadian think tanks: evolving institutions, conditions and strategies.
7. The development and discourse of Australian think tanks.
8. Think tanks and intellectual participation in Malaysian discourses of development.
9. Think tanks in Japan: towards a more democratic society.
10. Russian think tanks, 1956-1996.
Conclusion: ideas and influence.
