03481oam 22005414a 450 991079123660332120230501183757.01-282-55589-897866125558930-472-02277-6(CKB)2560000000012898(SSID)ssj0000412762(PQKBManifestationID)11268591(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412762(PQKBWorkID)10369084(PQKB)11500037(OCoLC)615635609(MdBmJHUP)muse9625(MiAaPQ)EBC3414782(EXLCZ)99256000000001289819970108h19971997 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond groupthink political group dynamics and foreign policy-making /editors, Paul 't Hart, Eric K. Stern, Bengt SundeliusAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,1997.©19971 online resource (viii, 384 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-06653-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-373) and index.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.Social groupsInternational relationsDecision makingSocial groups.International relationsDecision making.302.3Sundelius Bengt250358Stern Eric K1472619Hart Paul 't800817MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910791236603321Beyond groupthink3685473UNINA