Organizations and nation-states : new perspectives on conflict and cooperation
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Organizations and nation-states : new perspectives on conflict and cooperation
(The Jossey-Bass management series)(The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series)
Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1990
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Applying organizational theory and research to the problems of international relations, this work suggests ways in which international cooperation may be advanced and how our knowledge of organizations may be enhanced by such an application.
Table of Contents
PrefaceThe Authors 1. Organizational Theory and International Relations: Mutually Informing Paradigms(Robert L. Kahn) Part 1: Structures of Interdepedence 2. Contracts, Treaties, and Joint Ventures(Gerald F. Davis, Robert L. Kahn, Mayer N. Zald) 3. Cooperative Security Regimes: Preventing International Conflicts(David R. Mares, Walter W. Powell) Part 2: Processes of Conflict and Cooperation 4. Accounting for Escalation: Organizatons and the Arms Race(Gerald F. Davis, Walter W. Powell) 5. Untying the Knot: De-Escalatory Processes in International Conflict(Robert L. Kahn, Roderick M Kraner) 6. Strategic Choice in Conflicts: The Importance on Relationships(Leonard Greenhalgh, Roderick M. Kramer) 7. Transforming Failure into Success: Spin Control in the Iceland Arms Control Talks(Robert I. Sutton, Roderick M. Kramer) Part 3. Decision and Control 8. Reducing Avoidable Errors: A New Framework for Policy-Making and Crisis Management(Irving L. Janis) 9. Decision Rules, Decision Styles, and Policy Choices(Fritz W. Scharpf) 10. Loss of Control: Problems of Nuclear Command(Richard N. Lebow, Mayer N. Zald) Conclusion: The Analogy of Organizations as Nation-States(Mayer N. Zald) Name IndexSubject Index.
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