LEADER 03481oam 22005414a 450 001 9910791236603321 005 20230501183757.0 010 $a1-282-55589-8 010 $a9786612555893 010 $a0-472-02277-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412762 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11268591 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412762 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10369084 035 $a(PQKB)11500037 035 $a(OCoLC)615635609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9625 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414782 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012898 100 $a19970108h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBeyond groupthink $epolitical group dynamics and foreign policy-making /$feditors, Paul 't Hart, Eric K. Stern, Bengt Sundelius 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d1997. 210 4$aŠ1997 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-472-06653-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-373) and index. 330 $aStrategic 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. 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aInternational relations$xDecision making 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 0$aInternational relations$xDecision making. 676 $a302.3 701 $aSundelius$b Bengt$0250358 701 $aStern$b Eric K$01472619 701 $aHart$b Paul 't$0800817 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791236603321 996 $aBeyond groupthink$93685473 997 $aUNINA