Games Advisors Play: Foreign Policy Case Studies from Nixon and Carter Administrations

Games Advisors Play is a study by author Jean A. Garrison analyzing foreign policy decision-making. The work examines case studies from the Nixon and Carter administrations, focusing on how advisors use structural, procedural, and interpersonal tactics to influence policy. It compares advisory systems and contributes to literature on foreign policy and political psychology.

Use Cases

• Analyzing advisory tactics based on the described structural, procedural, and interpersonal maneuvers.
• Comparing decision-making systems based on the described hierarchical versus open advisory structures.
• Studying power dynamics in foreign policy based on the described case studies of arms control debates.
• Modeling group influence processes based on the described factors of power, authority, and communication skills.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on specific case studies from two distinct U.S. presidential administrations.
• The work examines three concrete categories of advisory tactics: structural, procedural, and interpersonal maneuvers.

Limitations

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Provenance

Source

Jean A. Garrison

Collection Method

Case study analysis of historical foreign policy decisions.

Time Range

Covers the Nixon and Carter administrations.

Geography

Focus is on United States foreign policy.