{"product_id":"problem-representation-in-foreign-policy-decision-making-hardback-9780521622936","title":"Problem Representation in Foreign Policy Decision-Making (Hardback) 9780521622936","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProblem Representation in Foreign Policy Decision-Making\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume explains the representation of a problem as well as the choice among specified options for its solution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald A. Sylvan (Edited by), James F. Voss (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521622936, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 September 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This volume is an excellent addition to the more advanced study of foreign policy analysis.  Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.\"    Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrevious studies of foreign policy decision making have largely focused on the choice among specified options rather than the prior question of how the options were specified in the first place. Such 'problem representation' is the focus of this volume. How do the game theorists' options and utilities come about? Concretely, for example, how and why in the Cuban missile crisis were blockade, air strike, and invasion chosen as options? To answer such questions, the editors contend the representation of the problem to which the options are a response, the determinants of that representation, and its ramifications must all be analyzed. The contributors to the volume consider these issues both conceptually and empirically, employing the methods of both international relations and political psychology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introducing Problem Presentation: 1. Introduction Donald A. Sylvan\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the representation of problems: an informative processing approach to foreign policy decision making James F. Voss\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Overarching Conceptual Issues: 3. The interpretation of foreign policy events: a cognitive process theory Charles S. Taber\u003cbr\u003e 4. Problem identification in sequential policy decision making: the re-representation of problems Robert Billings and Charles F. Hermann\u003cbr\u003e 5. Collective interpretations: how problem representations aggregate in foreign policy groups Ryan Beasley\u003cbr\u003e 6. Image change and problem representation after the Cold War Martha Cottam and Dorcas E. McCoy: Part III. Empirical Analysis: 7. Problem representations and political expertise: evidence from 'think aloud' protocols of South African elite Helen Purkitt\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reasoning and problem representation in foreign policy: groups, individuals, and stories Donald A. Sylvan and Deborah M. Haddad\u003cbr\u003e 9. Representing problem representation Michael Young\u003cbr\u003e 10. A problem solving perspective on decision-making processes and political strategies in committees Katherine Gannon\u003cbr\u003e 11. When gender goes to combat: the impact of representations in collective decision-making Silvana Rubino-Hallman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Representation of the Gulf Crisis as derived from the US Senate debate James F. Voss, Jennifer Wiley, Joel Kennet, Tonya Schooler and Laurie Ney Silfies\u003cbr\u003e 13. Configuring issue areas: Belgian and Dutch representations of the role in foreign assistance in foreign policy Marijke Breuning\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusion: 14. Reflecting on the study of problem representation: how are we studying it and what are we learning? Donald A. 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