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Strategic issues and crises in foreign policy are usually managed by relatively small groups of elite policymakers and their closest advisors. Since the pioneering work of Irving Janis in the early 1970s, we have known that the interplay between the members of these groups can have a profound and, indeed, at times a pernicious influence on the content and quality of foreign policy decisions. Janis argued that "groupthink," a term he used to describe a tendency for extreme concurrence-seeking in decision-making groups, was a major cause of a number of U.S. foreign policy fiascoes. And yet not all small groups suffer from groupthink; in fact many high-level bodies are handicapped by an inability to achieve consensus at all. Beyond Groupthink builds upon and extends Janis's legacy. The contributors develop a richer understanding of group dynamics by drawing on alternate views of small-group dynamics. The relevant literature is reviewed and the different perspectives are explored in detailed case studies. The contributors link the group process to the broader organizational and political context of the policy process and stress the need to develop a multi-level understanding of the collegial policy-making process, combining the insights drawn from micro-level theories with those derived from study of broader political phenomena. The contributors include Alexander George, Sally Riggs Fuller, Paul D. Hoyt, Ramon J. Aldag, Max V. Metselaar, Bertjan Verbeek, J. Thomas Preston, Jean A. Garrison, and Yaacov Y.I. Vertzberger. This book should appeal to political scienctists and international relations specialists, as well as researchers in social psychology, public administration, and management interested in group decision-making processes.

International relations --- Social groups --- Decision making --- International Relations --- Law, Politics & Government --- Social groups. --- Decision making. --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- E-books --- International relations - Decision making

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Ce rapport propose une analyse approfondie et fondée sur des données probantes des initiatives menées en matière de gouvernement ouvert et des obstacles que les pays doivent surmonter pour mettre ces initiatives en œuvre et les coordonner.

Political participation. --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical

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This volume marks the 30th anniversary of the Advances in Group Processes Series. Publishing theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of "group processes." This includes work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporary topics such as status, power, exchange, justice, influence, decision-making, intergroup relations and social networks. Previous contributors have included scholars from diverse fields including sociology, psychology, political science, philosophy, computer science, mathematics and organizational behaviour.

Social groups. --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social groups --- Social interaction --- E-books --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Business & Economics --- Sociology & anthropology. --- Sociology. --- Social interaction. --- General. --- Social Psychology.

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"Public authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to tackle complex policy problems ranging from climate change to infrastructure investment decisions. They convene groups of people representing a wide cross-section of society for at least one full day--and often much longer--to learn, deliberate, and develop collective recommendations that consider the complexities and compromises required for solving multifaceted public issues. This 'deliberative wave' has been building since the 1980s, gaining momentum since around 2010. This report has gathered close to 300 representative deliberative practices to explore trends in such processes, identify different models, and analyse the trade-offs among different design choices as well as the benefits and limits of public deliberation. It includes Good Practice Principles for Deliberative Processes for Public Decision Making, based on comparative empirical evidence gathered by the OECD and in collaboration with leading practitioners from government, civil society, and academics. Finally, the report explores the reasons and routes for embedding deliberative activities into public institutions to give citizens a more permanent and meaningful role in shaping the policies affecting their lives."--Page 4 of cover.

Political participation. --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical

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Ce livre met en lumière les leçons à tirer de l’utilisation des TIC à des fins d’information, de consultation et de participation citoyenne à l’élaboration des politiques publiques. Douze pays sont étudiés : Allemagne, Australie, Canada, Finlande, Italie, Mexique, Nouvelle-Zélande, Pays-Bas, République slovaque, République tchèque, Royaume-Uni, Suède ainsi que la Commission européenne. Il ne traite pas de l’offre de services en ligne ni des applications des TIC aux élections (par exemple le vote électronique), encore que certaines des questions commentées ici, comme la fourniture d’informations en ligne, puissent concerner ces deux points. Enfin, ce livre propose 10 principes directeurs pour assurer la réussite d’une consultation en ligne et recense les cinq défis majeurs de la participation citoyenne en ligne aux décisions publiques.

Information technology --- Democracy --- Political participation --- Technologie de l'information --- Démocratie --- Participation politique --- Political aspects --- Aspect politique --- Technological innovations --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical