David Patrick Houghton: 2 books
Political Psychology
Situations, Individuals, and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup---beliefs, values, and so on---of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. Political Psychology: Situations,...
A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy
Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive...