Add to ORKGDespite the criticisms, pure political independence for think tanks is neither achievable nor desirable. Instead they should be judged on the integrity of their work, writes Melissa Conley Tyler. . Think tanks are not always very popular in Australia. Readers of The Drum gave some vitriolic responses to a report on global think tanks. It appears that for many their mental image of a think tank is a public relations outfit set up to "spread misinformation and further the ideological interests of the ruling elite".  
International audienceAlso sometimes called “laboratories of ideas,” think tanks have attracted a gr...
Think tanks first proliferated in Anglo-American countries during the mid-twentieth century but by t...
The credibility of think tanks is grounded in their image as independent experts. In order to gain a...
Because their aims are educational and democratic, what think tanks do and why they do it is entirel...
The Australian think tank industry has grown substantially over the past two decades. Previously con...
Think-tanks are in crisis yet there is still a need for evidence-based policy prescriptions. Dr Andy...
© 2005 Michael CebonIntroduction: Observers of politics in the USA and UK could well call the last 2...
In today’s changing world if states are to thrive, they have to have sufficient amount of knowledge,...
On 22 January 2014 the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania re...
This paper surveys the development of Australian "think tanks" over the past four years. It focuses ...
Although the powerful have always sought advice from the knowledgeable, it took the appeal of the po...
<div><p>'Think tanks' (TTs) are 'sui generis' organizations that have been proliferating, playing mo...
Think tanks, or policy advice institutions, are civil society organizations producing and delivering...
US think tanks have grown into a species primarily concerned with illustrating their influence on po...
The industrial relations reforms of the 1980s and 1990s were in no small part influenced by an emerg...
International audienceAlso sometimes called “laboratories of ideas,” think tanks have attracted a gr...
Think tanks first proliferated in Anglo-American countries during the mid-twentieth century but by t...
The credibility of think tanks is grounded in their image as independent experts. In order to gain a...
Because their aims are educational and democratic, what think tanks do and why they do it is entirel...
The Australian think tank industry has grown substantially over the past two decades. Previously con...
Think-tanks are in crisis yet there is still a need for evidence-based policy prescriptions. Dr Andy...
© 2005 Michael CebonIntroduction: Observers of politics in the USA and UK could well call the last 2...
In today’s changing world if states are to thrive, they have to have sufficient amount of knowledge,...
On 22 January 2014 the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania re...
This paper surveys the development of Australian "think tanks" over the past four years. It focuses ...
Although the powerful have always sought advice from the knowledgeable, it took the appeal of the po...
<div><p>'Think tanks' (TTs) are 'sui generis' organizations that have been proliferating, playing mo...
Think tanks, or policy advice institutions, are civil society organizations producing and delivering...
US think tanks have grown into a species primarily concerned with illustrating their influence on po...
The industrial relations reforms of the 1980s and 1990s were in no small part influenced by an emerg...
International audienceAlso sometimes called “laboratories of ideas,” think tanks have attracted a gr...
Think tanks first proliferated in Anglo-American countries during the mid-twentieth century but by t...
The credibility of think tanks is grounded in their image as independent experts. In order to gain a...