Christer Pursiainen

Tiivistunnelmainen dokumenttiromaani valvontakomission pelätystä johtajasta ja kummallisesta jaksosta Suomen poliittisessa historiassa. Kenraalieversti Andrei Ždanov hallitsi Suomea jatkosodan jälkeen Helsingin hotelli Tornista. Hänen tehtävänsä oli valvoa syyskuussa 1944 solmittua välirauhansopimusta. Monet pelkäsivät Ždanovin valmistelevan Suomeen kommunistivaltaa. Mutta hän pyrkikin luomaan maahan kansanrintaman, joka toivottaisi tiiviin yhteistyön Neuvostoliiton kanssa ei ainoastaan välttämättömyydeksi, vaan myös hyveeksi. Tehtävään tarvittiin luotettuja vaikuttaja-agentteja maan ylimmässä johdossa. Tuo ajanjakso tuli määrittelemään Suomen poliittista kulttuuria vuosikymmeniä.

This book focuses on foreign policy decision-making from the viewpoint of psychology. Psychology is always present in human decision-making, constituted by its structural determinants but also playing its own agency-level constitutive and causal roles, and therefore it should be taken into account in any analysis of foreign policy decisions. The book analyses a wide variety of prominent psychological approaches, such as bounded rationality, prospect theory, belief systems, cognitive biases, emotions, personality theories and trust to the study of foreign policy, identifying their achievements and added value as well as their limitations from a comparative perspective. Understanding how leaders in world politics act requires us to consider recent advances in neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics. As a whole, the book aims at better integrating various psychological theories into the study of international relations and foreign policy analysis, as partial explanations themselves but also as facets of more comprehensive theories. It also discusses practical lessons that the psychological approaches offer since ignoring psychology can be costly: decision-makers need to be able reflect on their own decision-making process as well as the perspectives of the others. Paying attention to the psychological factors in international relations is necessary for better understanding the microfoundations upon which such agency is based.

This book focuses on foreign policy decision-making from the viewpoint of psychology. Psychology is always present in human decision-making, constituted by its structural determinants but also playing its own agency-level constitutive and causal roles, and therefore it should be taken into account in any analysis of foreign policy decisions. The book analyses a wide variety of prominent psychological approaches, such as bounded rationality, prospect theory, belief systems, cognitive biases, emotions, personality theories and trust to the study of foreign policy, identifying their achievements and added value as well as their limitations from a comparative perspective. Understanding how leaders in world politics act requires us to consider recent advances in neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics. As a whole, the book aims at better integrating various psychological theories into the study of international relations and foreign policy analysis, as partial explanations themselves but also as facets of more comprehensive theories. It also discusses practical lessons that the psychological approaches offer since ignoring psychology can be costly: decision-makers need to be able reflect on their own decision-making process as well as the perspectives of the others. Paying attention to the psychological factors in international relations is necessary for better understanding the microfoundations upon which such agency is based.

The Crisis Management Cycle is the first holistic, multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of crisis management theory and practice. By drawing together the different theories and concepts of crisis management literature and practice, this book develops a theoretical framework of analysis that can be used by both students and practitioners alike. Each stage of the crisis cycle is explored in turn: Risk assessmentPreventionPreparednessResponseRecoveryLearningStretching across disciplines as diverse as safety studies, business studies, security studies, political science and behavioural science, The Crisis Management Cycle provides a robust grounding in crisis management that will be invaluable to both students and practitioners worldwide.

The Crisis Management Cycle is the first holistic, multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of crisis management theory and practice. By drawing together the different theories and concepts of crisis management literature and practice, this book develops a theoretical framework of analysis that can be used by both students and practitioners alike. Each stage of the crisis cycle is explored in turn: Risk assessmentPreventionPreparednessResponseRecoveryLearningStretching across disciplines as diverse as safety studies, business studies, security studies, political science and behavioural science, The Crisis Management Cycle provides a robust grounding in crisis management that will be invaluable to both students and practitioners worldwide.

An original and challenging examination of how to transform post-Sovietological study of Soviet and Russian foreign policy into a more integrated part of the Social Sciences and International Relations Theory. This book represents the first detailed and sustained synthesis international relations theory and Soviet/Russian foreign and security policy in academic literature.

Värikäs kaksoiselämäkerta 1700-luvun Euroopasta. Cembalisti Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach ja Preussin kuningas Fredrik II Suuri olivat melkein samanikäisiä mutta yhteiskunta-asemaltaan, elämäpiiriltään ja luonteeltaan kovin erilaisia miehiä, jotka musiikki toi yhteen. Miten heidän elämänsä aikana maailma muuttui ja miten he siihen vaikuttivat? Käsillä oleva kaksoiselämäkerta on sukellus 1700-luvun Preussiin ja Eurooppaan, seikkailu nousevan suurvallan maailmassa. Teos kuvaa yhtä lailla suurpolitiikkaa ja kulttuurihistoriaa kuin kahden yhteiskuntaluokan, aateliston ja nousevan pikkuporvariston, suhteita valistuksen aatemaailmassa. Mutta ennen kaikkea kirja on kertomus sen kahdesta päähenkilöstä, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bachista ja Fredrik II Suuresta. Heidän elämänsä sivusivat toisiaan kolmen vuosikymmenen ajan, mutta ne eivät koskaan kunnolla kietoutuneet yhteen. Juuri siksi näiden kahden kohtalon kautta piirtyy ajankuva, joka on yhtä värikäs ja ristiriitainen kuin tuon aikainen elämä itse. Christer Pursiainen on valtiotieteen tohtori, joka työskentelee yhteiskuntaturvallisuuden professorina Norjassa ja kirjoittaa populäärihistoriallisia tietokirjoja. Trotski oli tietokirjallisuuden Finlandia-ehdokkaana vuonna 2011. Teos pitää sisällään kymmenkunta Heino Prunsveltin alkuperäispiirrosta. Hänen suunnittelutoimistonsa sijaitsee Tallinnassa.

An original and challenging examination of how to transform post-Sovietological study of Soviet and Russian foreign policy into a more integrated part of the Social Sciences and International Relations Theory. This book represents the first detailed and sustained synthesis international relations theory and Soviet/Russian foreign and security policy in academic literature.