Robert H Dorff
Biographic Data
| ID | 1120850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert H Dorff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert H |
| FAMILY NAME | Dorff |
| SIGNATURE | DORFF R H |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Managing National Security in the Information and Terrorism Age
The United States does not have a clearly defined national security strategy for the 21st century. This problem has its roots in a failure, which precedes 9/11, to come to grips with the fundamentally different nature of the global strategic environment. Stating that we are at war with terrorism may be correct at some levels, but it fails to identify an underlying strategic imperative around which we can build a comprehensive organizing framework…
Failed States After 9/11
This paper addresses the relationship between accumulated knowledge and U.S. policy dealing with failed states and terrorism. The central thesis is threefold: (1) that more was known about the possible linkages between failing states and terrorism than appears in pre-9/11 U.S. policies; (2) that since 9/11 some important realignment of knowledge and practice has occurred, but it remains partial and incomplete; and (3) that new knowledge, especial…
Deterrence and competitive strategies
(2000). Deterrence and competitive strategies: A new look at an old concept. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 11, Deterrence in the 21st Century, pp. 109-123
Responding to the failed state
Given the challenges posed by failed and failing states, and the likelihood that such failure will continue well into the new millennium, the need for a strategic approach appears evident. Should we respond? If so, how and with what expectations? Answers to such questions require an underlying set of strategic guidelines. This article contributes to developing that strategy by examining common manifestations of state failure and some possible res…
The future of peace support operations
Germany and Peace Support Operations
Democratization and Failed States
Fathers of International Thought
Federalism in Eastern Europe
Recent changes in eastern Europe have spawned recommendations on political structures, with considerable attention given to federalism as a means of promoting democracy in multi-ethnic societies. This article explores (1) the concept of federalism; (2) the role played by federalism in the fragmentation that has occurred in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union; and (3) some general problems of prescriptive social science. An important …
Conformity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
This paper examines conformity voting on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1946 to 1975. We compare pairs of votes in which a justice switches from the minority at the original vote on the merits to the majority at the final vote (conformity voting) with pairs of votes in which a justice votes with the minority at both votes. Using PROBIT, we identify eight variables associated with switching. Particularly important are case salience and the size of th…
The Attitudinal Model and Fluidity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
The attitudinal model, as applied to the United States Supreme Court, posits that voting by a justice on the Court is determined by his or her policy attitudes and by the location along the policy dimension of the stimulus provided by the case. Howard (1968) maintained that there was extensive fluidity in voting between the original vote on the merits and the final vote, that such fluidity deflated the ideological voting and that, as a consequenc…
Governing by Committee
Decision Cases in Western Democracies
There is a large body of research about decision cases in Western democracies. Unfortunately, the individual case studies are widely scattered so that the research has little cumulative effect. We present an effort to construct a data bank for which existing case studies are coded according to a uniform scheme. This presentation is done at a relatively early stage so that changes can still be made in response to unanticipated problems or differen…
Structure and Process in Consociationalism and Federalism
It is relatively easy to characterize the institutional structure of a country as consociational or federal. The task is much more difficult if we turn from structure to the decision process. Within a given structure, there may be a great deal of variation with regard to the decision process. Data for such variation are given for the decision process in Switzerland for which the following four types are distinguished: (1) consociational and feder…
Political Decision Making in Face-to-Face Groups
This article presents a model of decision making and introduces a new theoretical variable to the literature, namely, the modes of decision making. The theoretical focus is on the face-to-face group, and the article also develops an innovative methodology for studying this type of decision-making behavior. Variation in the decision modes is explained as a function of the strategic considerations of individual decision makers. These considerations…
Decision by Interpretation
This paper deals with political decision making in face-to-face groups. We begin by considering the range of decision modes available in group situations. It may seem that there is a choice between only two: a group may resolve a conflict either in a competitive way through the application of the majority principle or in a co-operative way in the sense of accommodation and amicable agreement. However, there is a third decision mode which is often…
Decision by Interpretation
This paper deals with political decision making in face-to-face groups. We begin by considering the range of decision modes available in group situations. It may seem that there is a choice between only two: a group may resolve a conflict either in a competitive way through the application of the majority principle or in a co-operative way in the sense of accommodation and amicable agreement. However, there is a third decision mode which is often…
Federalism in Eastern Europe
Recent changes in eastern Europe have spawned recommendations on political structures, with considerable attention given to federalism as a means of promoting democracy in multi-ethnic societies. This article explores (1) the concept of federalism; (2) the role played by federalism in the fragmentation that has occurred in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union; and (3) some general problems of prescriptive social science. An important …
Conformity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
This paper examines conformity voting on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1946 to 1975. We compare pairs of votes in which a justice switches from the minority at the original vote on the merits to the majority at the final vote (conformity voting) with pairs of votes in which a justice votes with the minority at both votes. Using PROBIT, we identify eight variables associated with switching. Particularly important are case salience and the size of th…
Responding to the failed state
Given the challenges posed by failed and failing states, and the likelihood that such failure will continue well into the new millennium, the need for a strategic approach appears evident. Should we respond? If so, how and with what expectations? Answers to such questions require an underlying set of strategic guidelines. This article contributes to developing that strategy by examining common manifestations of state failure and some possible res…
Failed States After 9/11
This paper addresses the relationship between accumulated knowledge and U.S. policy dealing with failed states and terrorism. The central thesis is threefold: (1) that more was known about the possible linkages between failing states and terrorism than appears in pre-9/11 U.S. policies; (2) that since 9/11 some important realignment of knowledge and practice has occurred, but it remains partial and incomplete; and (3) that new knowledge, especial…
The Attitudinal Model and Fluidity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
The attitudinal model, as applied to the United States Supreme Court, posits that voting by a justice on the Court is determined by his or her policy attitudes and by the location along the policy dimension of the stimulus provided by the case. Howard (1968) maintained that there was extensive fluidity in voting between the original vote on the merits and the final vote, that such fluidity deflated the ideological voting and that, as a consequenc…
Decision Cases in Western Democracies
There is a large body of research about decision cases in Western democracies. Unfortunately, the individual case studies are widely scattered so that the research has little cumulative effect. We present an effort to construct a data bank for which existing case studies are coded according to a uniform scheme. This presentation is done at a relatively early stage so that changes can still be made in response to unanticipated problems or differen…
Political Decision Making in Face-to-Face Groups
This article presents a model of decision making and introduces a new theoretical variable to the literature, namely, the modes of decision making. The theoretical focus is on the face-to-face group, and the article also develops an innovative methodology for studying this type of decision-making behavior. Variation in the decision modes is explained as a function of the strategic considerations of individual decision makers. These considerations…
Deterrence and competitive strategies
(2000). Deterrence and competitive strategies: A new look at an old concept. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 11, Deterrence in the 21st Century, pp. 109-123
The future of peace support operations
Structure and Process in Consociationalism and Federalism
It is relatively easy to characterize the institutional structure of a country as consociational or federal. The task is much more difficult if we turn from structure to the decision process. Within a given structure, there may be a great deal of variation with regard to the decision process. Data for such variation are given for the decision process in Switzerland for which the following four types are distinguished: (1) consociational and feder…
Decision by Interpretation
This paper deals with political decision making in face-to-face groups. We begin by considering the range of decision modes available in group situations. It may seem that there is a choice between only two: a group may resolve a conflict either in a competitive way through the application of the majority principle or in a co-operative way in the sense of accommodation and amicable agreement. However, there is a third decision mode which is often…
Political Decision Making in Face-to-Face Groups
This article presents a model of decision making and introduces a new theoretical variable to the literature, namely, the modes of decision making. The theoretical focus is on the face-to-face group, and the article also develops an innovative methodology for studying this type of decision-making behavior. Variation in the decision modes is explained as a function of the strategic considerations of individual decision makers. These considerations…
Structure and Process in Consociationalism and Federalism
It is relatively easy to characterize the institutional structure of a country as consociational or federal. The task is much more difficult if we turn from structure to the decision process. Within a given structure, there may be a great deal of variation with regard to the decision process. Data for such variation are given for the decision process in Switzerland for which the following four types are distinguished: (1) consociational and feder…
Decision Cases in Western Democracies
There is a large body of research about decision cases in Western democracies. Unfortunately, the individual case studies are widely scattered so that the research has little cumulative effect. We present an effort to construct a data bank for which existing case studies are coded according to a uniform scheme. This presentation is done at a relatively early stage so that changes can still be made in response to unanticipated problems or differen…
Governing by Committee
Conformity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
This paper examines conformity voting on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1946 to 1975. We compare pairs of votes in which a justice switches from the minority at the original vote on the merits to the majority at the final vote (conformity voting) with pairs of votes in which a justice votes with the minority at both votes. Using PROBIT, we identify eight variables associated with switching. Particularly important are case salience and the size of th…
The Attitudinal Model and Fluidity Voting on the United States Supreme Court
The attitudinal model, as applied to the United States Supreme Court, posits that voting by a justice on the Court is determined by his or her policy attitudes and by the location along the policy dimension of the stimulus provided by the case. Howard (1968) maintained that there was extensive fluidity in voting between the original vote on the merits and the final vote, that such fluidity deflated the ideological voting and that, as a consequenc…
Federalism in Eastern Europe
Recent changes in eastern Europe have spawned recommendations on political structures, with considerable attention given to federalism as a means of promoting democracy in multi-ethnic societies. This article explores (1) the concept of federalism; (2) the role played by federalism in the fragmentation that has occurred in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union; and (3) some general problems of prescriptive social science. An important …
Fathers of International Thought
Germany and Peace Support Operations
Democratization and Failed States
The future of peace support operations
Responding to the failed state
Given the challenges posed by failed and failing states, and the likelihood that such failure will continue well into the new millennium, the need for a strategic approach appears evident. Should we respond? If so, how and with what expectations? Answers to such questions require an underlying set of strategic guidelines. This article contributes to developing that strategy by examining common manifestations of state failure and some possible res…
Deterrence and competitive strategies
(2000). Deterrence and competitive strategies: A new look at an old concept. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 11, Deterrence in the 21st Century, pp. 109-123
Failed States After 9/11
This paper addresses the relationship between accumulated knowledge and U.S. policy dealing with failed states and terrorism. The central thesis is threefold: (1) that more was known about the possible linkages between failing states and terrorism than appears in pre-9/11 U.S. policies; (2) that since 9/11 some important realignment of knowledge and practice has occurred, but it remains partial and incomplete; and (3) that new knowledge, especial…
Managing National Security in the Information and Terrorism Age
The United States does not have a clearly defined national security strategy for the 21st century. This problem has its roots in a failure, which precedes 9/11, to come to grips with the fundamentally different nature of the global strategic environment. Stating that we are at war with terrorism may be correct at some levels, but it fails to identify an underlying strategic imperative around which we can build a comprehensive organizing framework…
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