{"title":"Robert Jervis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Jervis\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into the complexities of international relations and political psychology. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eHow Statesmen Think\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerception and Misperception in International Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the cognitive processes shaping decisions on the global stage, revealing the subtle interplay between perception and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the dynamics of political behaviour and the challenges of decision-making in international affairs will find Jervis’s analysis both rigorous and thought-provoking. His writing illuminates the often unseen forces behind diplomacy and conflict, making his contributions essential for students and enthusiasts of \u003cstrong\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-statesmen-think-by-robert-jervis-9780691176444","title":"How Statesmen Think","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Jervis has been a pioneering leader in the study of the psychology of international politics for more than four decades. \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Statesmen Think\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e presents his most important ideas on the subject from across his career. This collection of revised and updated essays applies, elaborates, and modifies his pathbreaking work. The result is an indispensable book for students and scholars of international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Statesmen Think\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that expectations and political and psychological needs are the major drivers of perceptions in international politics, as well as in other arenas. Drawing on the increasing attention psychology is paying to emotions, the book discusses how emotional needs help structure beliefs. It also shows how decision-makers use multiple shortcuts to seek and process information when making foreign policy and national security judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, the desire to conserve cognitive resources can cause decision-makers to look at misleading indicators of military strength, and psychological pressures can lead them to run particularly high risks. The book also looks at how deterrent threats and counterpart promises often fail because they are misperceived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Statesmen Think\u003c\/i\u003e examines how these processes play out in many situations that arise in foreign and security policy, including the threat of inadvertent war, the development of domino beliefs, the formation and role of national identities, and conflicts between intelligence organizations and policymakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849290109164,"sku":"9780691176444","price":103.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1751583482434.jpg?v=1759033950"},{"product_id":"perception-and-misperception-in-international-politics-by-robert-jervis-9780691175850","title":"Perception and Misperception in International Politics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince its original publication in 1976, \u003cem\u003ePerception and Misperception in International Politics\u003c\/em\u003e has become a landmark book in its field, hailed by the New York Times as \"the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes an extensive preface by the author reflecting on the book's lasting impact and legacy, particularly in the application of cognitive psychology to political decision making, and brings that analysis up to date by discussing the relevant psychological research over the past forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJervis describes the process of perception (for example, how decision makers learn from history) and then explores common forms of misperception (such as overestimating one's influence). He then tests his ideas through a number of important events in international relations from nineteenth- and twentieth-century European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerception and Misperception in International Politics\u003c\/em\u003e is essential for understanding international relations today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597496860908,"sku":"9780691175850","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691175850-perception-and-misperception-in-international-politics.jpg?v=1777953947"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/robert-jervis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}