Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation

Why do states start conflicts they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects...
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Author: Tyler Jost
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Language: English
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Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation by Jost, Tyler

Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation

BD$84.95

Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation

BD$84.95
Author: Tyler Jost
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Why do states start conflicts they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict - which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political.

Author: Tyler Jost
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/27/2024
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9781009307222

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