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International relations

a group decision-making syndrome in which members hold widely divergent views, producing fragmented and poorly coordinated choices; described as the opposite pole from groupthink.

In international relations, polythink refers to a group decision-making syndrome in which members hold widely divergent views, producing fragmented and poorly coordinated choices; described as the opposite pole from groupthink. This meaning comes from Mintz (2016) in The Polythink Syndrome.[1]

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group4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs groupthink1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct pole3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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Mintz, A., & Wayne, C. (2016). The Polythink Syndrome. Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804796774

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