Explaining Star Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted Goertzel (0000-0002-6704-1419, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 205-231 |
| Publication date | 1989-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089692058901600211 |
| OpenAlex | W2059143133 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The Star Wars proposal resulted from the conjuncture of several factors: an organizational and technological base in the weapons laboratories and aerospace industry, effective advocacy by powerful individuals and organizations, and the need of the Reagan administration for a public relations response to the nuclear freeze. The bureaucratic politics, decision process, and social movements paradigms are most useful for explaining the initiation of the proposal. Rational analysis, pressure group, organizational process, and garrison state theories help us to explain the policy outcome
Bureaucracy · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Reagan administration · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration
The Star Wars Controversy
Essence of Decision
The Legacy of Hiroshima
The Causes of World War III
The Capitalist State and the Politics of Class
Society and Politics
Remaking Foreign Policy
Remaking Foreign Policy
Paradoxes of Power
Attitudes Toward Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War
The crisis of Marxist ideology in Eastern Europe
Political power and social classes
Capitalism and Armaments
The President's Choice
A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model
Letters from readers
Military Spending and Economic Stagnation
The Garrison State
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |