Integrating cognitive and rational theories of foreign policy decision making

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Integrating cognitive and rational theories of foreign policy decision making

edited by Alex Mintz

(Advances in foreign policy analysis)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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There are two dominant approaches to political decision making in general and foreign policy decision making in particular: rational choice and cognitive psychology. The essays here introduce and test the poliheuristic theory of decision making that integrates elements of both schools. The poliheuristic theory is able to account for the outcome and the process of decisions, and integrates across levels of analysis (individual, dyad, and group). The collection focuses on both elements of the theory itself and also looks at how the theory can be used to better understand political decisions that were made in the past.

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  • Integrating Cognitive and Rational Theories of Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Polyheuristic Theory of Decision
  • A.Mintz The Rational-Cognitive Debate and Polyheuristic Theory
  • V.Danilovic Comparing the Polyheuristic Theory with Cybernet Decision Theory
  • X.Liu The Decision Not to Use Force in Dien Bien Phu: A Polyheuristic perspective
  • K.DeRouen Jr. 'No Other Choice': Pakistan's Decision to Test the Bomb
  • K.Sathasivam Framing and the Polyheuristic Theory of Decision: The 1954 U.S. Led Coup in Guatamala
  • M.Taylor-Robinsom & S.B.Boyd Integrating Cognitive and Rational Theories of Foreign Policy Decision Making
  • S.Redd Integrating Cognitive and Rational Theories of Foreign Policy Decision Making: Where Do We Go From Here?
  • A.Mintz

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