Stephen G. Walker

Role Theory and the Cognitive Architecture of British Appeasement Decisions (eBook, PDF)

Symbolic and Strategic Interaction in World Politics

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135055745
• Artikelnr.: 39944838

Autorenporträt

Stephen G. Walker is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. He served as a co-editor of International Studies Quarterly (1985) and as a vice-president of the International Society of Political Psychology (1997-1999) and the International Studies Association (2003-2004). He received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Foreign Policy Section of the International Studies Association in 2003.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Role Theory: The Puzzle of Britain's Appeasement Decisions in the
1930s. 1. The Appeasement Puzzle in World Politics 2. Modeling the
Appeasement Strategy. 3. Role Theory and the Uncertainty Problem in
International Relations Theory. Part II: Role Demands: Substantive
Rationality and Structural Adaptation. 4. Britain's Roles in the
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933. 5. Britain's Roles in the
Italo-Abyssinian and Rhineland Conflicts, 1934-1936. 6. Britain's Roles in
the Search for Peace, 1937-1938. 7. Britain's Roles on the Road to War,
1939-1941. Part III: Role Conceptions: Bounded Rationality and Experiential
Learning. 8. Psychological Mechanisms and British Decision-Making
Processes. 9. Turning Points for Peace: The Anschluss and the Sudeten
Conflict in 1938. 10. Turning Points for War: The Prague Coup and the
Polish Conflict, 1939. Part IV: Role Enactments: Communicative Rationality
and Altercasting. 11. Binary Role Theory and Britain's Appeasement
Decisions. 12. Crossing Simon's Bridge: Is Binary Role Theory a Theory of
Everything