Tyler Jost

Bureaucracies at War

The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation

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Produktbeschreibung

"A rethinking of how bureaucracy shapes foreign policy. Through an unprecedented exploration of bureaucratic institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, Jost shows why bureaucracy helps to avoid miscalculation. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, history, sociology, and area studies"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009307208
• ISBN-10: 1009307207
• Artikelnr.: 69672512

Autorenporträt

Tyler Jost is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University. He is also an Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. His research explores bureaucracy, national security decision-making, and Chinese foreign policy. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Government at Harvard University and received postdoctoral fellowships from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Columbia University, and Dartmouth College. While writing this book, he conducted research in nineteen archives and libraries across China, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. An institutional theory of miscalculation
3. The world of national security institutions
4. China under Mao
5. China after Mao
6. India
7. Pakistan
8. The United States during the Early Cold War
9. Conclusion
Appendix A: National security institutions data set
Appendix B: Archival and interview data collection.