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Public Policy Perspective on Group Decision‐Making Dynamics in Foreign Policy
Author(s) -
Barr Kasey,
Mintz Alex
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/psj.12249
Subject(s) - foreign policy , dynamics (music) , public policy , construct (python library) , perspective (graphical) , political science , policy studies , foreign policy analysis , policy analysis , national security , public administration , management science , public economics , public relations , economics , computer science , sociology , politics , law , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , programming language
Research on decision making in foreign policy and national security has had little interaction with the field of public policy. This review connects the two fields. We utilize a key public policy concept, the policy cycle, to provide a framework for our review of group decision‐making dynamics in national security and foreign policy. We describe key stages of the policy cycle followed by a review of the leading models of group decision‐making dynamics. We then construct a bridge between the two, demonstrating how specific stages of the policy cycle are typically associated with specific group decision‐making dynamics. To illustrate this link we provide an example of decision‐making dynamics within the Obama administration throughout policy stages of the 2016 campaign against the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria.