Table of Contents

Introduction: The Transmogrification
Chapter 1: Do Ideas Even Matter?
Chapter 2: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Changing the Marketplace of Ideas
Chapter 3: Academia and the War on College
Chapter 4: The Disciplines, or, Why Economics Thrives while Political Science Survives in the Ideas Industry
Chapter 5: The Think Tank Revolution
Chapter 6: The Booming Private Market for Public Ideas

About the Author

Daniel Drezner is Professor of International Politics at Tufts University and a regular contributor to the Washington Post. Along with having one of the most heavily trafficked blogs in the world of academia, he is also the author of The System Worked; Theories of International Relations and Zombies; All Politics is Global; and The Sanctions Paradox.

Reviews

"Drezner is a lively and engaging writer...Throughout the book he is balanced and measured, recognizing that the new era comes with benefits as well as drawbacks." -- Nikita Lalwani and Sam Winter-Levy, Times Literary Supplement