Beyond Groupthink: Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy-makingUniversity of Michigan Press, 25 mars 2010 - 390 sidor Strategic issues and crises in foreign policy are usually managed by relatively small groups of elite policymakers and their closest advisors. Since the pioneering work of Irving Janis in the early 1970s, we have known that the interplay between the members of these groups can have a profound and, indeed, at times a pernicious influence on the content and quality of foreign policy decisions. Janis argued that "groupthink," a term he used to describe a tendency for extreme concurrence-seeking in decision-making groups, was a major cause of a number of U.S. foreign policy fiascoes. And yet not all small groups suffer from groupthink; in fact many high-level bodies are handicapped by an inability to achieve consensus at all. Beyond Groupthink builds upon and extends Janis's legacy. The contributors develop a richer understanding of group dynamics by drawing on alternate views of small-group dynamics. The relevant literature is reviewed and the different perspectives are explored in detailed case studies. The contributors link the group process to the broader organizational and political context of the policy process and stress the need to develop a multi-level understanding of the collegial policy-making process, combining the insights drawn from micro-level theories with those derived from study of broader political phenomena. The contributors include Alexander George, Sally Riggs Fuller, Paul D. Hoyt, Ramon J. Aldag, Max V. Metselaar, Bertjan Verbeek, J. Thomas Preston, Jean A. Garrison, and Yaacov Y. I. Vertzberger. This book should appeal to political scienctists and international relations specialists, as well as researchers in social psychology, public administration, and management interested in group decision-making processes. Paul 't Hart is Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Leiden University and Scientific Director of of the Leiden-Rotterdam Crisis Research Center. Eric Stern is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University. Bengt Sundelius is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University. |
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... individual responsibility for any parts worthy of praise, while we shall refer our critics to the responsibility of the group as a whole for any errors or shortcomings. It goes without saying that the group process leading toward the ...
... individual responsibility for any parts worthy of praise, while we shall refer our critics to the responsibility of the group as a whole for any errors or shortcomings. It goes without saying that the group process leading toward the ...
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... individual leaders, whose personalities, belief systems, problem definitions, decisional conflicts, and information-processing styles have been amply documented (Rosati 1995). Likewise, interest in group dynamics pales in comparison ...
... individual leaders, whose personalities, belief systems, problem definitions, decisional conflicts, and information-processing styles have been amply documented (Rosati 1995). Likewise, interest in group dynamics pales in comparison ...
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... individual officials, yet not controversial enough to arouse a larger number of stakeholders and forums. The groups in question here are typically standing committees or task forces, and the decisions taken are at least formally subject ...
... individual officials, yet not controversial enough to arouse a larger number of stakeholders and forums. The groups in question here are typically standing committees or task forces, and the decisions taken are at least formally subject ...
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... individual members, the length of time available for discussion, and the rules of decision making can have a profound impact on what groups do and how well they do it (Hare 1976; Shaw 1981; McGrath 1984; Forsyth 1990). Beyond that ...
... individual members, the length of time available for discussion, and the rules of decision making can have a profound impact on what groups do and how well they do it (Hare 1976; Shaw 1981; McGrath 1984; Forsyth 1990). Beyond that ...
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... individual or collective. Most policy-making groups have a complex, finely tuned informal hierarchy, shaping the interpersonal relations between their members (Thompson 1961; George 1980). Many though by no means all senior political ...
... individual or collective. Most policy-making groups have a complex, finely tuned informal hierarchy, shaping the interpersonal relations between their members (Thompson 1961; George 1980). Many though by no means all senior political ...
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Part 2 Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy | 151 |
Part 3 Implications | 309 |
Bibliography | 337 |
Contributors | 375 |
Index | 377 |
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