The Cybernetic Theory of Decision (eBook)

New Dimensions of Political Analysis

John D. Steinbruner (Autor)

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2021
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400823796 (ISBN)

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In this classic work, John Steinbruner argues that the time is ripe for exploration of a new theoretical perspective on the decision-making process in government. He suggests that the cybernetic theory of decision as developed in such diverse fields as information theory, mathematical logic, and behavioral psychology generates a systematic but non-rational analysis that seems to explain quite naturally decisions that are puzzling when viewed from the rational perspective. When combined with the basic understanding of human mental operations developed in cognitive psychology, the cybernetic theory of decision presents a striking picture of how decision makers deal with the intense uncertainty and fundamental value conflicts that arise in bureaucratic politics. To illustrate the advantages of using cybernetic theory, Steinbruner analyzes the issue of sharing nuclear weapons among the NATO allies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Argument from analogy • arms control • Axiom • Bayesian • Bayesian probability • Bayesian Statistics • Bayes' Theorem • Bearing (mechanical) • Behaviorism • Behavioural Sciences • Bureau of Intelligence and Research • Calculation • causal inference • causal model • Certification • chairman • chaos theory • cognitive dissonance • Cognitive Psychology • cognitive science • Cold War • Collective Security • Complexity • Complexity theory and organizations • Comprehension (logic) • computational complexity theory • Computer data storage • computer simulation • Concepts (C++) • Conceptualization (information science) • Consciousness • Contemporary Society • contingency plan • Contingency table • counterattack • cryptography • Cybernetics • Dean Acheson • Dean Rusk • Decision Analysis • Decision-Making • Decision problem • Decision rule • Decision Theory • Deployment plan • detection • Deterrence (legal) • Doctrine • domestic policy • economic interventionism • Economics • Electronics • Essence of Decision • Exchange of information • Experiment • Explanation • Federal government of the United States • Force structure • foreign policy • Impossibility • Industrial Engineering • inference • Information exchange • Information Policy • Information Processing • Information Theory • Instance (computer science) • Interdiction • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Laboratory experimentation • labour law • Marshall Plan • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Mechanism Design • Mental operations • Multilateral Force • Negotiation • New Direction (think tank) • nuclear sharing • Nuclear technology • Nuclear warfare • nuclear weapon • Operational Planning • Operations Research • organizational analysis • Organizational Behavior • Parameter (computer programming) • perfidy • policy analysis • policy review • Political Science • political spectrum • Politics • Precedent • precondition • Prediction • Problem Solving • Processing (programming language) • Psychology of Learning • Public comment • Public knowledge • Rational Choice Theory • reality principle • Reprisal • Requirement • Research and Development • Robert McNamara • Schematic • school of thought • Scientific Revolution • security policy • servomechanism • Simulation • social issue • solicitation • Soviet Union • State of affairs (philosophy) • Strategic nuclear weapon • System Analysis • Tactical nuclear weapon • Tautology (rhetoric) • The Copernican Revolution (book) • The Logic of Collective Action • Theodote • theory • Theory of the Firm • The Political Process • the structure of scientific revolutions • Thomas Kuhn • Thought • Threat (computer) • Trade barrier • Trade-off • Uncertainty • Undersecretary • United States Department of Defense • United States Department of State • Variable (computer science) • Vulnerability (computing) • warhead • weapon system • wishful thinking • Working hypothesis • World View
• ISBN-13: 9781400823796 / 9781400823796