Decisionmaking on War and Peace : : The Cognitive-Rational Debate / / ed. by Alex Mintz, Nehemia Geva.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Brams, Steven J.,; Geva, Nehemia,; Gross Stein, Janice,; Levy, Jack S.,; Maoz, Zeev,; Mintz, Alex,; Morrow, James D.,; Muncaster, Robert G.,; Redd, Steven B.,; Simon, Marc V.,; Starr, Harvey,; Welch, David A.,; Zinnes, Dina A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Geva, Nehemia,; Mintz, Alex ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 p.)

The authors review, compare, and contrast major models of decisionmaking about war and peace.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Foreign Policy Decisionmaking: Bridging the Gap Between the Cognitive Psychology and Rational Actor “Schools”
• Part 1. Rational and Cognitive Approaches to International Conflict
• 2 A Rational Choice Approach to International Conflict
• 3 Prospect Theory and the Cognitive-Rational Debate
• 4 Rational and Psychological Approaches to the Study of International Conflict: Comparative Strengths and Weaknesses
• Part 2. Alternatives to Rational Choice and Prospect Theory
• 5 The Poliheuristic Theory of Foreign Policy Decisionmaking
• 6 The Rationality of Surprise: Unstable Nash Equilibria and the Theory of Moves
• 7 A Two-Level Analysis of War and Revolution: A Dynamic Simulation of Response to Threat
• Part 3. The Cognitive-Rational Discourse: An Appraisal
• 8 Decisional Stress, Individual Choice, and Policy Outcomes: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
• 9 Prospect Theory Versus Expected Utility Theory: A Dispute Sequence Appraisal
• Part 4. Conclusion
• 10 Decisionmaking on War and Peace: Challenges for Future Research
• References
• Contributors
• Index
• About the Book