Risk-Taking in International Politics: Prospect Theory in American Foreign Policy

by Rose McDermott

Book Overview

Risk plays a dramatic role in international relations as leaders make decisions about such issues as war and peace, disarmament, and about lowering economic barriers to trade and investment. How a country's leaders think about risk in making foreign policy decisions is important in understanding why and how they make decisions.
Rose McDermott applies prospect theory, a theory developed by psychologists to understand decisionmaking under conditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472087878
• ISBN13: 9780472087877
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"