A Paradigm of ‘Crisis’ Decision Making: The Case of Synfuels Policy
| Autor: | Mohammed E. Ahrari |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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| Zdroj: | British Journal of Political Science. 17:71-91 |
| ISSN: | 1469-2112 0007-1234 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0007123400004610 |
| Popis: | In explaining the making and unravelling of the synfuels policy in the United States, a new approach—the ambivalent-majoritarian paradigm—is presented in this article. This paradigm fills a significant conceptual gap for the study of domestic policy formulated under crisis conditions.It is argued that the self-imposed necessity to respond to a crisis condition involving a policy decision is likely to force legislators to adopt a policy option that they would not adopt under normal conditions. The crisis response is likely to be passed by a ‘majoritarian’ crisis coalition which would also include a significant number of ‘ambivalents’, i.e., those legislators who have serious misgivings about the correctness or feasibility of the policy. In order for such a policy response to survive, it must withstand the scrutiny of ‘normal’ conditions involving that policy. |
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