POLI 243 Lecture Notes - Parochialism
18 Mar 2014
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Some disconfirming findings from the case of the u. s navy. What is observed: a stable set of rules; they establish action-channels that give the (chief of naval operations) cno immense power. Principal variation in game: identity and parochial interests of players who occupy cno"s office. Cno"s identity=key variable in the force-posture game due to the bureaucratic and intellectual baggage cno carries. Model iii"s dominant interference pattern suggests that the variations we observe in force-posture should reflect the variation in this game. The rules of the force posture game: the 3 unions compete for shares of the navy"s resources; they do not collaborate to increase the size of the pie instead. The navy"s unionization made rational analysis of force requirements impossible. The unions" parochialism led to an ironic consequence it made serious analysis impossible, as well as completely undercut navy"s case for any possible further resources.
