Universität zu Köln

Brummer, Klaus ORCID: 0000-0001-9240-646X and Oppermann, Kai ORCID: 0000-0002-5336-5930 (2021). Poliheuristic Theory and Germany's (Non-)Participation in Multinational Military Interventions. The Non-compensatory Principle, Coalition Politics and Political Survival. Ger. Polit., 30 (1). S. 106 - 122. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1743-8993

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Abstract

This article employs the poliheuristic theory of decision-making (PHT) to analyse German decisions to participate in, or abstain from, multinational military operations. PHT represents one of the leading theoretical efforts at bridging the cognitive-rationalist divide in foreign policy analysis. The theory posits a two-stage model of foreign policy-making: in the first stage, actors rely on a non-compensatory strategy as a cognitive shortcut to eliminate unacceptable alternatives and to reduce the choice set. In the second stage, actors switch to a compensatory mode of information-processing and select the alternative which maximises expected utility. While there is broad agreement that the non-compensatory dimension at the first stage of PHT concerns the domestic repercussions of foreign policy, it is less clear how this 'domestic politics' dimension should be operationalised. This article contributes to this debate by specifying the operationalisation of the non-compenstaory principle in the context of coalition foreign policy making in parliamentary democracies. Specifically, it suggests that the non-compensatory dimension in coalition foreign policy consists of the expected impact of foreign policy on coalition survival. Empirically, the article argues that PHT sheds important new light on arguably some of the most controversial military deployment decisions (Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Libya) of post-unification Germany.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brummer, Klaus UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-646X UNSPECIFIED Oppermann, Kai UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-5930 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-591591
DOI:	10.1080/09644008.2019.1568992
Journal or Publication Title:	Ger. Polit.
Volume:	30
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 106 - 122
Date:	2021
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1743-8993
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59159