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1 online resource (xi, 344 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction. The transmogrification -- 1. Do ideas even matter? -- 2. How pessimists, partisans, and plutocrats are changing the marketplace of ideas -- 3. The standard indictment against the academy -- 4. The disciplines : why economics thrives while political science survives -- 5. This is not your father's think tank -- 6. The booming private market for public ideas -- 7. The promise and perils of intellectual brands -- 8. Is the ideas industry working? -- 9. Tweeting ideas : or, the requisite chapter on social media -- Conclusion. The Dark Knight theory of the ideas industry. |
| Summary |
Daniel W. Drezner's The Ideas Industry looks at how we have moved from a world of public intellectuals to today's ""thought leaders."" Witty and sharply argued, it will reshape our understanding of contemporary intellectual life in America and the West. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Intellectual life -- Political aspects.
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Intellectual life -- Political aspects. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Intellectuals -- Political activity.
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Intellectuals -- Political activity. |
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Learning and scholarship -- Political aspects.
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Learning and scholarship -- Political aspects. |
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Research institutes -- Political aspects.
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Learning and scholarship. |
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of. |
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Research institutes -- Political aspects. |
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sociology of knowledge. |
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Research institutes. |
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REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Drezner, Daniel W. Ideas industry. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 9780190264604 (DLC) 2016047087 (OCoLC)960030674 |
| ISBN |
9780190264611 (electronic book) |
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0190264616 (electronic book) |
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9780190264628 (electronic book) |
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0190264624 (electronic book) |
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9780190264604 (hardback) |
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0190264608 (hardback) |
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