Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of the Role and Influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of

by Inderjeet Parmar

Book Overview

What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? Chatham 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. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349515205
• ISBN13: 9781349515202
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"