POLSCI 3Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Satisficing, Utility, Bounded Rationality
8 Oct 2016
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What did cashman mean by sub-state level: small groups of individuals with influence on foreign policy, small committees, policy making in a group setting, there are disagreements within groups on best course of actions. Each individual is affected by the factors we"ve already discussed: decisions demand bargaining and compromise in group setting. Policy making is a political process not just a cognitive or rational process. Achieving what you want in politics is very hard: must be able to convince others in a group, up to us to decide if a 3 level or a 5 level distinction makes more sense. Possible exam question: much of what cashman says should be split between individual and state level. Many of the theories could fit into the individual level. He mentions heuristics, expected utility theory, bounded rationality. All of these apply to individuals as well as groups. Political survival theory fits best in state level.
