Problem representation in foreign policy decision making / edited by Donald A. Sylvan and James F. Voss.

Other author Sylvan, Donald A.
Other author Voss, James F., 1930-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionviii, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Donald A. Aylvan. -- On the representation of problems: an information-processing approach to foreign policy decision making / James F. Voss. -- The interpretation of foreign policy events: a cognitive process theory / Charles S. Taber. -- Problem identification in sequential policy decision making: the re-representation of problems / Robert S. Billings & Charles F. Hermann. -- Collective interpretations: how problem representations aggregate in foreign policy group / Ryan Beasley. -- Image change and problem representation after the cold war / Martha Cottam & Dorcas E. McCoy. --Problem representations and political expertise: evidence from "Think aloud" protocols of South African elite / Helen E. Purkitt. -- Reasoning and problem representation in foreign policy: groups, individuals, and stories / Donald A. Sylvan & Deborah M. Haddad. -- Representing problem perspective on decision making processes and political strategies in committees: The case of controversial supreme court justice nomination hearings / Katherine M. Gannon. -- When gender goes to combat: the impact of representations in collective decision making / Silvana Ruino-Hallman. -- Representations of the Gulf Crisis as derived from the U.S. Senate debate / James F. Voss, (et. al.)-- Configuring issue areas: Belgian and Dutch representations of the role of foreign assistance in foreign policy / Marijke Breuning. -- Reflecting on the study of problem representation: how are we studying it, and what are we learning? / Donald A. Sylvan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97041729
ISBN052162293X (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks JZ1253 .P76 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold