Decision Making in the Obama White House
Decision Making in the Obama White House
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奥巴马白宫的决策
DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-5705.2011.03853.x
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发表时间：
2010
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J. Pfiffner
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作者：
J. Pfiffner
总统会吸引非常聪明、雄心勃勃的人在白宫任职，但总统收到的建议的质量取决于他或她如何使用可用的人才。首席执行官们面临着艰巨的挑战：评估信息的冲击，判断下属的观点，并确保他们得到基于总统观点的建议，而不是下属的优先事项。研究总统决策的政治学家开始考虑几个因素，作为理解白宫组织和程序的核心：中央集权的程度，多重倡导的程度，以及使用诚实的中间人来管理对总统的建议。本文考察了奥巴马总统在这三个方面的决策风格，并用几个案例研究来说明这三个因素：经济政策、囚犯政策和阿富汗战争的决策。
Presidents attract extremely smart, ambitious people to serve in the White House, but the quality of the advice the president receives depends upon how he or she uses the available talent. Chief executives face daunting challenges in evaluating the onslaught of information, judging the perspectives of their subordinates, and ensuring that they receive advice based on presidential perspectives rather than the priorities of their subordinates. Political scientists who study presidential decision making have come to consider several factors as central to understanding White House organization and process: the level of centralization, the extent of multiple advocacy, and the use of honest brokers to manage advice to the president. This article examines President Obama’s decision-making style with respect to these three factors and uses several case studies to illustrate them: economic policy, detainee policy, and decision making on the war in Afghanistan.