Rethinking Allison's Models
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Political Science Review
- Vol. 86 (2), 301-322
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1964222
Abstract
The ideas in Graham Allison'sEssence of Decision(1971) have had an enormous impact on the study and teaching of bureaucracy and foreign policy making. While Allison's work has received considerable critical attention, there has been surprisingly little examination of the content and internal logic of his models. We subject each of Allison's three models to a systematic critical analysis. Our conclusion is that the models require substantial reformulation.Keywords
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