1st Edition
Foreign Policy Decision Making The Influence Of Cognition
By Martha Cottam
Copyright 1986
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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An analysis of decision making and negotiation in international relations, this book offers a political–psychological model of the images that compose policymakers' world views. It explores the limits these images impose on diplomatic adaptation to changes in the foreign policies.
Introduction 1. The Decision Making Literature in International Relations: A Review of the Literature and New Direction 2. Psychological and Political Categories: The Political World View 3. Political World View Categories: Some Empirical Evidence 4. Political Judgments: Using Political Categories 5. Images of Mexico: Historical and Perceptual Background 6. The Effects of Psychological Categories on Political Decision Making: The Case of US-Mexican Natural Gas Negotiations 7. Conclusions
Biography
Martha Cottam is assistant professor of American foreign policy at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies.
