Taming Leviathan: Waging the War of Ideas Around the World (IEA Occasional Papers) - Softcover

Dyble, C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0255366078 ISBN 13: 9780255366076

Publisher: Institute Of Economic Affairs, 2008

Synopsis

In the last fifty years, many aspects of socialism have been rolled back around the world. Indeed, in the 1990s, following the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, it seemed as if classical liberal ideas had triumphed. But this did not happen by accident. The role of free-market think tanks was critical. This volume draws on the experiences of thirteen authors involved in classical liberal think tanks in different parts of the world. The contributors identify the strategies that have proved successful in influencing the public policy and explain how they can be adapted to local circumstances. Indeed, though the 'war of ideas' has been hard fought, it has been only partially won. New threats to freedom have emerged, including environmentalism and big-government conservatism. In some countries the burden taxation and regulation has never been greater. "Taming Leviathan" is essential reading for anyone involved in the battle against resurgent collectivism.

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About the Author

Colleen Dyble is the director of coalition relations at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. She has developed and executed think tank management and economic policy networking conferences throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, and regularly represents Atlas at international events. She was a teaching assistant and guest lecturer at the Fund for American Studies’ American Institute on Political and Economic Systems in Prague, Czech Republic, and served on the Advisory Board of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Civil Society Network. Bridgett Wagner is the director of the coalition relations department at the Heritage Foundation advising think tanks on ways to build support for their policy prescriptions and builds support for the Heritage research agenda “beyond the Washington Beltway.” She edits Heritage’s biennial Policy Experts directory and the online PolicyExperts.org, and oversees the InsiderOnline.org and its accompanying quarterly, The Insider: Conservative Solutions for Advancing Liberty. Wagner is a trustee of the State Policy Network and the International Policy Network. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Council on Public Policy (Germany), the Executive Advisory Board of the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy (Croatia), and is a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute Of Economic Affairs
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0255366078
• ISBN 13: 9780255366076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1