Groupthink in Government: A Study of Small Groups and Policy Failure

by Paul 't Hart

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Why do groups of talented and experienced individuals make disastrously bad collective judgments, such as the Kennedy administration's flawed decision to proceed with the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961? In his pioneering research on collective decision making, Irving Janis introduced the concept of groupthink--a deliberately Orwellian neologism--to describe such occurrences. Now, in the first book-length study of groupthink since Janis's work, Paul...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801848903

ISBN13:9780801848902

Release Date:September 1994

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Administrative Law Communication Policy Comparative Politics Government Law Legal Theory & Systems Non-US Legal Systems Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs Public Affairs & Administration Public Affairs & Policy Social Sciences

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