Structure of Decision : : The Cognitive Maps of Political Elites /

Structure of Decision : : The Cognitive Maps of Political Elites / / ed. by Robert Axelrod.

This book outlines a new approach to the analysis of decision making based on "cognitive maps." A cognitive map is a graphic representation intended to capture the structure of a decision maker's stated beliefs about a particular problem. Following introductory chapters that develop t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
MitwirkendeR:
Axelrod, Robert,
Bonham, G. Matthew,
Hart, Jeffrey,
Holsti, Ole,
Nozicka, George J.,
Roberts, Fred S.,
Ross, Stuart A.,
Shapiro, Michael J.,
Shapiro, Michael,
Tucker Wrightson, Margaret,
HerausgeberIn:
Axelrod, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1976
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1707
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Physical Description:1 online resource (422 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PART ONE. Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Cognitive Mapping Approach to Decision Making
  • CHAPTER TWO. Foreign Policy Formation Viewed Cognitively
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Analysis of Cognitive Maps
  • PART TWO. Empirical Studies of Cognitive Maps
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Decision for Neoimperialism: The Deliberations of the British Eastern Committee in 1918
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Complexity and the Presidency: Gouverneur Morris in the Constitutional Convention
  • CHAPTER SIX. Explanation of the Unexpected: The Syrian Intervention in Jordan in 1970
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Strategy for the Energy Crisis: The Case of Commuter Transportation Policy
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Comparative Cognition: Politics of International Control of the Oceans
  • PART THREE. Conclusions
  • CHAPTER NINE. Results
  • PART FOUR. Epilogue
  • CHAPTER TEN. Limitations
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Projects
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX ONE. The Documentary Coding Method
  • APPENDIX TWO. The Questionnaire Method
  • APPENDIX THREE. The Mathematics of Cognitive Maps
  • APPENDIX FOUR. Simulation Techniques
  • APPENDIX FIVE. Guide to Source Materials
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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