International relations, individual level analysis
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The Individual Level: Policymakers and their environment
Under what conditions, if any, is the individual level of analysis more useful than the unit-level or system-level? Why? In your response, describe at least five specific examples in which the individual level of analysis could provide greater insight into state actions.
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The Individual Level: Policymakers and their environment
Daniel Byman and Kenneth Pollack, "Let us now Praise Great men: Bringing the Statesman Back In," International Security Vol. 25, (No. 4) Spring 2001: 107-146. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3092135
Morton Halperin, Priscilla Klapp, and Arnold Kanter, Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy, 2nd Edition (Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2006): 9-98 (Chapters 2-5). http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=174423&site=ehost-live
Steve Smith, "Groupthink and the Hostage Rescue Mission," British Journal of Political Science Vol. 15, No.1 (January 1985): 117-123. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/193750
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One opinion on the value of individual level analysis in international relations.
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Individual levels of analysis give the analyst the ability to see the process of the decision rather than overall effect and hear the spin on the decision. At the individual level one can analyze the person and their influences and the information they used to make decisions. Sometimes one can determine if the individual was using rational choice or was merely participating in group think. This can help to determine if a decision was made correctly out of alternatives for the greater good, as is expected from those working in public service, or out of some other reason.
In most complex situations, one cannot know the future outcomes of a decision, despite considering all potential alternatives. Sometimes the choices are made through a melioration behavior, which does not always validate the norms of economic rationality, but does consider potential alternatives incrementally. These sequential steps show that humans may use ...
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