Concepts and their academics Flashcards
(19 cards)
Decline of US academic
Layne
Primacy of US academics
Wohlforth and Brooks
Electoral connection academic
Mayhew
3 activities of electoral connection
- claim-making
- position taking
- Advertising
Two Presidencies academic
Wildavsky
Power of Persuasion academic
Neustadt
Imperial Presidency academic
Schlesinger
Political time academic
Skowronek
Facilitator of change academic
Edwards
Unitary executive theory academic
Crouch et al
Unilateral power of president academic
Howell
policy decision-making models academic
Allison
Allison’s 3 decision-making models
- rational model
- organisational process model
- governmental / bureaucratic politics model
Who puts forward a different decision-making model that challenges Allison’s? What is it called?
Massoud and Mitchell –> integrated decision-making model
*Low centralisation + formal management style
Argument for no grand strategy possible (3)
- it is only rhetoric
- requires calibrated/multiple strategies
- Since Cold War no grand strategy possible due to change in international arena
Argument for US decline (3)
- Rise of China (external)
- Fiscal crisis (internal)
- Grand strategy = offshore balancing
Argument for US primacy (4)
- Overestimation of China growth
- Weak systematic contraints on US power
- Magnitude/Gap/Benevolence of US power
- Grand strategy should NOT be retrenchment
Argument against retrenchment for Grand Strategy (4)
- Risk - don’t know what would happen
- Deep engagement shouldn’t be conflated w/ forced democracy promotion
- Warped view that ‘realist’ argument can ONLY support retrenchment
- Deep engagement = rational choice
What does the integrated decision-making model focus on? (Massoud+Mitchell)
leadership/small group dynamics/bureaucracy