Continuity and Change in Foreign Policy Decision Making: Sequential Decisions Under Adverse Feedback
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What We Do When Things Go Wrong / Charles F. Hermann -- Responding To Adverse Feedback: Group Decision-making In Protracted Foreign Policy Problems / Charles F. Hermann And Robert S. Billings -- From Anticipated Victory To Sensing Entrapment In Vietnam: Group Efficacy In The Lbj Administration / Charles F. Hermann -- The Role Of Leaders In Sequential Decision-making: Lyndon Johnson, Advisory Dynamics And Vietnam / Thomas Preston -- Policy Commitment And Resistance To Change In U.s.-chinese Relations: The George H.w. Bush Administration's Response To Tiananmen Square / Jean A. Garrison -- The British Strategy Of Appeasement: Why Britain Persisted In The Face Of Negative Feedback / Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer And Gregory Marfleet -- Applying Control Theory To Sequential Foreign Policy Decision-making / Jeffrey B. Vancouver -- Dealing With Adverse Feedback / Charles F. Hermann. Edited By Charles F. Hermann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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THE THESIS
How do political leaders and groups adjust or maintain foreign policy strategies when faced with persistent negative feedback? Charles F. Hermann and his contributors examine the psychological and structural mechanisms that influence sequential decision-making in high-stakes international environments. By integrating control theory and political psychology, the text explores why governments often persist in failing policies rather than adapting to clear evidence of adverse outcomes.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of group dynamics and advisory structures in the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.
- Application of control theory to model sequential decision-making processes.
- Case studies on historical foreign policy crises, including the Vietnam War and the British policy of appeasement.
- Examination of policy commitment and resistance to change in U.S.-Chinese relations following the Tiananmen Square incident.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts in political science and international relations identify this work as a rigorous application of behavioral theory to historical policy analysis. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational text for scholars interested in the intersection of psychology and statecraft.
Page Count:
194
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203801261
ISBN-13:
9780203801260
History
Foreign Policy
Decision Making
Psychological aspects
International relations
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