Ideas and Think Tanks in Contemporary Britain: Volume 1

These two volumes explore the influence of ideas and think tanks in contemporary Britain. Notable commentators such as Rodney Barker and Andrew Gamble contemplate how ideas have shaped politics and society. The purveyors of ideas for change, the think tanks, are examined in a series of studies; and leading academics and participants' views are recorded in a number of interviews. Volume 1 Contributors: Rodney Barker, Helen Fawcett, Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett, Lewis Baston, Richard Heffernan, Christopher Muller. Witness Seminar: Michael David Kandiah. Interviews: Anthony Seldon interviews Bernard Crick, Lord Dahrendorf, Anthony Giddens, Andrew Graham, John Ramsden and Lord Roll of Ipsden, KCMG, CB. Christopher Muller interviews Arthur Seldon.