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The Invisible College

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Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa

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The scholarly literature suggests that think-tanks are research institutions with material interests aiming to influence public policy processes and research. Despite such ideological partiality, their works are regarded as legitimate forms of knowledge because they are associated with the rituals of research.

This chapter examines the roles and functions of think-tanks within the policy development processes and explores how their ideas are transferred to policy-makers. The chapter continues and introduces four South African-based think-tanks that focus on security. These are the South African Institute of International Affairs, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the Brenthurst Foundation, and the Centre for International Policy Studies. To contextualise each think-tank, this chapter explores their historic developments.

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Hendricks, M.N. (2020). The Invisible College. In: Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa. Islam and Global Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5626-5_4

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