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  • The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science

    Edited by Alex Mintz, Lesley G. Terris ...
    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science sketches the landscape of a new approach to political science: Behavioral Political Science (BPS). The work in the volume shows that ideas from different fields help to explain many of the phenomena scholars have observed with respect to political decision-making and behavior that deviate from the traditional rational choice models that have ... Read more

    $148.49 USD

  • Beyond Rationality

    Behavioral Political Science in the 21st Century

    by Alex Mintz, Nicholas A. Valentino, Carly Wayne ...
    How and why do people make political decisions? This book is the first to present a unified framework of the Behavioral Political Science paradigm. – BPS presents a range of psychological approaches to understanding political decision-making. The integration of these approaches with Rational Choice Theory provides students with a comprehensible paradigm for understanding current political events ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • How to Start a Cheese Moulding Machinery Business (Beginners Guide)

    by Mintz Alex ...
    This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers How to Start a Cheese Moulding Machinery Business (Beginners Guide) ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Terrorist Decision-Making

    A Leader-Centric Approach

    by Alex Mintz, Tyson Chatagnier, Yair Samban ...
    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book analyzes a series of decisions by leaders of three major terrorist organizations and identifies a unique "Decision DNA" for each of them.The authors use the Applied Decision Analysis methodology to examine organizational and operational decisions made by the leaders of three major groups: Hezbollah (Hassan Nasrallah), Hamas (Khaled Mashal), and al-Qaeda (Osama bin Laden). Decisions that ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Politics Of Resource Allocation In The U.s. Department Of Defense

    International Crises And Domestic Constraints

    by Alex Mintz ...
    This book presents an overview of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) resource allocation issue, considering the period from 1948 to 1980. It describes the major characteristics of the DoD resource allocation process and discusses the potential impact of various shocks on the allocation system. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • New Directions for International Relations

    Confronting the Method-of-Analysis Problem

    by Bruce Russett, Karl DeRouen Jr, Hazem Adam Ghobarah, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Shaun Goldfinch, William Howell, Paul Huth, Ranan D. Kuperman, Brett Ashley Leeds0, Zeev Maoz1, Jon Pevehouse2, Alastair Smith3, Allan C. Stam4, Ilan Talmud5, Lesley G. Terris6, Michael D. Ward7, Suzanne Werner8, Amy Yuen9 ...
    Series series Innovations in the Study of World Politics
    Why does the academic study of international relations have limited impact on the policy community? When research results are inconsistent, inconclusive, and contradictory, a lack of scholarly consensus discourages policy makers, the business community, and other citizens from trusting findings and conclusions from IR research. In New Directions for International Relations, Alex Mintz and Bruce ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of Military Spending in the United States

    Edited by Alex Mintz ...
    This is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States.The articles deal specifically with the relationships between defense spending and:(a) political-business cycles, public opinion and the US-Soviet relationship;(b) military action - i.e. war;(c) economic performance - the trade deficit, guns versus butter issues and ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

  • Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations

    Methodology in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution

    by Glenn Palmer, D Scott Bennett, Jacob Bercovitch, Stuart Bremer, Christopher K. Frain, Joseph R. Gochal, D Marc Kilgour0, Sarit Kraus1, Jack S. Levy2, T Clifton Morgan3, Patrick M. Regan4, Tara E. Santmire5, Philip A. Schrodt6, RichardJ Stoll7, Charles Taber8, R Harrison Wagner9, Stephen G. Walker0, Jonathan Wilkenfeld1 ...
    Series series Innovations in the Study of World Politics
    Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in conflict studies. This volume showcases work informed by four powerful research tools: rational choice theory and game theory; simulation, experimentation, and artificial intelligence; quantitative studies; and case studies. Each research method is introduced and evaluated ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Defense, Welfare and Growth

    Perspectives and Evidence

    Edited by Steve Chan, Alex Mintz ...
    Expert essays bring together material from many developed and developing countries to determine how defense spending can affect welfare provision and economic growth. ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

  • The Polythink Syndrome

    U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS

    by Alex Mintz, Carly Wayne ...
    Why do presidents and their advisors often make sub-optimal decisions on military intervention, escalation, de-escalation, and termination of conflicts?The leading concept of group dynamics, groupthink, offers one explanation: policy-making groups make sub-optimal decisions due to their desire for conformity and uniformity over dissent, leading to a failure to consider other relevant possibilities ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • How Do Leaders Make Decisions?

    Evidence from the East and West, Part B

    Edited by Alex Mintz, Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky ...
    Series Book 28 - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
    Understanding how leaders make foreign policy and national security decisions is of paramount importance for the policy community and academia. Yet on their own, neither rational nor cognitive schools of decision-making analysis offer totally convincing results, and in any case, rigorous decision analysis methodologies are rarely, if ever, applied to the decisions of world leaders.How Do Leaders ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • How Do Leaders Make Decisions?

    Evidence from the East and West, Part A

    Edited by Alex Mintz, Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky ...
    Series Book 28 - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
    Understanding how leaders make foreign policy and national security decisions is of paramount importance for the policy community and academia. This book explores how leaders such as Trump, Obama, Netanyahu and others make decisions using the Applied Decision Analysis (ADA) method.The chapters gathered here analyse the decisions made by key political figures around the world, past and present, in ... Read more

    $104.99 USD