POLI 243 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Standard Operating Procedure, Organisational Routines, Cuban Missile Crisis
13 May 2013
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Emphasized individuals as key actors not states like systemic. Modeling positions, roles or offices not one individual. Role defines individuals not the other way around. Responsibilities of office shape how individuals formulate and execute foreign policy. Works under assumption that state isn"t a rational, unitary actor; instead states are composed of disparate groups or organizations. Organizations have goals independent enough of determine portion of policy output and make polices that work well or undermine each other. Heads of each branch of whatever are not necessarily thinking about what is best for country but what is best for his or her service. For ex: head of navy thinks for what is best for navy. Graham allison set out 3 rival models for interpreting the cuban missile crisis: 1. ) was a standard system-level argument (assuming state had to be singe, unitary and ration actor) which he didn"t feel worked well 2. )
