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A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality

By: David Patrick Houghton

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A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality

By: David Patrick Houghton

American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive limitations of the decision-makers, which affects the foreign policy process. Then there is the nature of the decisions themselves. Quite a few decisions in American foreign policy involve ‘tragic’ choices, where leaders are effectively confronted with a series of progressively bad or uncomfortable options. And it is equally clear that some policies are not the product of any one individual’s preferences, but emerge as a consequence of the way in which complex modern governments with large bureaucracies operate. Written with the interested layperson in mind, as well as students of international affairs, this Citizen’s Guide to American Foreign Policy asks questions like, "Why do presidents so often do things which seem to be directly against the national interests of the United States – not just in retrospect, but even at the time?" "Why do there seem to be so many fiascoes in US foreign policy?" "Why does Congress sometimes tie the hands of the president in foreign affairs?" "Why do presidents seem to respond more to opinion polls or to what’s on CNN and Fox News than they do to the core interests of the United States?" Houghton’s overview helps us see past the partisan in-fighting that too often obscures the central issues in foreign affairs. This is vital, required reading for all readers who wish to better understand America’s involvement in the world.

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1135015155

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Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

British Foreign Policy Since 1945

By: David Sanders,David Houghton

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Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

British Foreign Policy Since 1945

By: David Sanders,David Houghton

Informed by Winston Churchill's famous metaphor, successive British governments have shaped their foreign policy thinking around the belief that Britain's overseas interests lie in three interlocking 'circles': in Europe, in the Commonwealth, and in the 'special relationship' across the Atlantic. Recent administrations may have updated the language in terms of 'bridges', 'hubs' and 'networks', but the notion of Britain as somehow at the centre of things remains a vital idea. In this updated edition of a classic text, David Sanders and David Patrick Houghton examine British foreign policy since 1945 through the prism of these three circles. Taking account of major developments from the ending of the Cold War, through 9/11 and the so-called War on Terror, to Britain's historic decision to leave the European Union, it provides a masterly account of Britain's changing place in the world and of the policy calculations and deeper structural factors that help explain changes in strategy. Combining chronological narrative with careful consideration of the main theories of foreign policy analysis and international relations, this book provide a reliable and comprehensive introduction to the evolution of British external policy, including economic and defence policy, in the postwar period. Characterized by its accessible style and depth of analysis, and now fully updated in line with 21st century developments, Losing an Empire, Finding a Role will remain an invaluable guide to British foreign policy for students of international relations or foreign policy at any level.“br/> New to this Edition: - Updated coverage of events, including 'the War on Terror' and Brexit - Reformulated analysisto cover the updates inscholarship

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137447133

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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

By: David Patrick Houghton

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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

By: David Patrick Houghton

What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup—beliefs, values, and so on—of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. This text provides a concise, readable, and conceptually-organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. Using this situationism-dispositionism framework—which roughly parallels the concerns of social and cognitive psychology—this book focuses on such key explanatory mechanisms as behaviorism, obedience, personality, groupthink, cognition, affect, emotion, and neuroscience to explore topics ranging from voting behavior and racism to terrorism and international relations. Houghton's clear and engaging examples directly challenge students to place themselves in both real and hypothetical situations which involve intense moral and political dilemmas. This highly readable text will provide students with the conceptual foundation they need to make sense of the rapidly changing and increasingly important field of political psychology.

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113585548X

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US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

By: David Patrick Houghton

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US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

By: David Patrick Houghton

Why did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would be over quickly? Why did the Carter administration then decide to launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis examines these puzzles and others, using an analogical reasoning approach to decision-making, a theoretical perspective which highlights the role played by historical analogies in the genesis of foreign policy decisions. Using interviews with key decision-makers on both sides, Houghton provides an analysis of one of the United States' greatest foreign policy disasters, the events of which continue to poison relations between the two states. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of foreign policy analysis and international relations.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521805090

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9780521805094

A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting

By: David P. Redlawsk,Michael W. Habegger

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A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting

By: David P. Redlawsk,Michael W. Habegger

In the run-up to a contentious 2020 presidential election, the much-maligned American voter may indeed be wondering, “How did we get here?” A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting offers a way of thinking about how voters make decisions that provides both hope and concern. In many ways, voters may be able to effectively process vast amounts of information in order to decide which candidates to vote for in concert with their ideas, values, and priorities. But human limitations in information processing must give us pause. While we all might think we want to be rational information processors, political psychologists recognize that most of the time we do not have the time or the motivation to do so. The question is, can voters do a “good enough” job even if they fail to account for everything during the campaign? Evidence suggests that they can, but it isn’t easy. Here, Redlawsk and Habegger portray a wide variety of voter styles and approaches—from the most motivated and engaged to the farthest removed and disenchanted—in vignettes that connect the long tradition of voter survey research to real life voting challenges. They explore how voters search for political information and make use of it in evaluating candidates and their positions. Ultimately, they find that American voters are reasonably competent in making well-enough informed vote choices efficiently and responsibly. For citizen voters as well as students and scholars, these results should encourage regular turnout for elections now and in the future.

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1317272870

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A Shot of History: Convict Hell

Macquarie Harbour 1822-1833

By: David W. Cameron

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A Shot of History: Convict Hell

Macquarie Harbour 1822-1833

By: David W. Cameron

The year 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the penal settlement at Macquarie Harbour. This convict penal settlement located on the isolated primeval rugged west coast of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) quickly gained a reputation as an ‘Earthy Hell’. Colonial historian John West succinctly recorded in 1852: ‘The name Macquarie Harbour is associated exclusively with remembrance of inexpressible depravity, degradation, and woe. Sacred to the genius of torture, Nature concurred with the objects of its separation from the rest of the world, to exhibit some notion of a perfect misery. There, man lost the aspect and the heart of man …. This region is lashed with tempests: the sky is cloudy, and the rain falls more frequently than elsewhere. In its chill and humid climate, animal life is preserved with difficulty; half the goats died in one season, and sheep perished; vegetation, except in its coarsest and most massive forms is situated and precarious …. The passage to this dreary dwelling place was tedious and often dangerous. The prisoners, confined in a narrow space, were tossed for weeks on an agitated sea. As they approached, they beheld a narrow opening chocked with a bar of sand and crossed with peril. This they called Hell’s Gate – not less appropriate to the place than to the character and torment of the inhabitants: beyond they saw impenetrable forests, skirted with an impervious thicket; and beyond still enormous mountains covered with snow, which rose to the clouds like walls of adamant: every object wore the air of rigour, ferocity, and sadness’. This was just the beginning for those sentenced to Macquarie Harbour the barbaric treatment from officials and fellow convicts alike, resulted in Macquarie Harbour representing a true convict hell hole, not only resulting in murder, but in cannibalism by several men in their attempts to escape.

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Simon and Schuster

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1922765376

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A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality

By: David Patrick Houghton

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Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality

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Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

British Foreign Policy Since 1945

By: David Sanders,David Houghton

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British Foreign Policy Since 1945

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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

By: David Patrick Houghton

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Situations, Individuals, and Cases

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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

By: David Patrick Houghton

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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

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What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup---beliefs, values, and so on---of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases, 2nd edition, provides a concise, readable, and conceptually organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. Using this situationism--dispositionism framework—which roughly parallels the concerns of social and cognitive psychology—this book focuses on such key explanatory mechanisms as behaviorism, obedience, personality, groupthink, cognition, affect, emotion, and neuroscience to explore topics ranging from voting behavior and racism to terrorism and international relations. The new edition includes a new chapter on the psychology of the media and communication. Houghton has also updated the text to analyze recent political events such as the 2012 election, and to include up-and-coming research in the areas of neuroscience, behavioral economics, and more. Houghton's clear and engaging examples directly challenge students to place themselves in both real and hypothetical situations which involve intense moral and political dilemmas. This highly readable text will provide students with the conceptual foundation they need to make sense of the rapidly changing and increasingly important field of political psychology.

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113505178X

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American Culture in the 1930s

By: David Nicholas Eldridge

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American Culture in the 1930s

By: David Nicholas Eldridge

Gives an overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America. This work includes: 3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artists; chronology of 1930s American Culture; bibliographies for each chapter.

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Management

Principles and Practices

By: David H. Holt

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Management

Principles and Practices

By: David H. Holt

This practical study of the process of management uses real-life global examples to show how the principles of management are universally applied. Organized around principles of planning, organization, leading and control, the text highlights smaller businesses as well as larger companies.

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013553934X

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Human Resource Management

By: David A. DeCenzo,Stephen P. Robbins

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Human Resource Management

By: David A. DeCenzo,Stephen P. Robbins

Over the past decade, management practice has gone through dramatic changes. Workforce diversity, downsizing, reengineering, total quality management, outsourcing, and rediscovering the importance of satisfying the customer, all has a significant impact on Human Resources. The new Sixth Edition of De Cenzo/Robbins' Human Resource Management features a current, real-world perspective that gives readers a crystal-clear picture of what today's HRM is really like. Emphasizing the application of theory, the Sixth Edition carefully integrates real examples with the most up-to-date information available.

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Wiley

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0471299898

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US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

By: David Patrick Houghton

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A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

Political Psychology

Political Psychology

US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting

A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting

A Shot of History: Convict Hell

A Shot of History: Convict Hell

A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy

Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

Political Psychology

Political Psychology

Political Psychology

Political Psychology

American Culture in the 1930s

American Culture in the 1930s

Management

Management

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management

US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

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