Robert Jervis

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Robert Jervis (born 1940) is the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University and one of the most influential scholars of international relations.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 3 Selected publications 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Robert Jervis holds a BA from Oberlin College (1962) and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (1968). From 1968 to 1972 he was an assistant professor of government at Harvard University and associate professor from 1972–1974. From 1974 to 1980 he was a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

[edit] Work

His work on perceptions and misperceptions revolutionized the study of foreign policy decision making. While Jervis has perhaps been best known for his two groundbreaking books in his early career, his most interesting book may be his System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life (Princeton, 1997). With System Effects, Jervis established himself as a formidable social scientist, rather than just a towering figure in the field of international politics. Many of his latest writings are about the Bush Doctrine, of which he is very critical. Jervis is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also President of American Political Science Association in 2001.

[edit] Selected publications

• The Logic of Images in International Relations (Princeton, 1970) ISBN 978-0231069328
• Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Princeton, 1976) ISBN 978-0691100494
• Cooperation under the Security Dilemma, (World Politics, Vol. 30, No.2, 1978)
• The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution (Cornell 1989)
• System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life (Princeton, 1997)ISBN 978-0866820035

[edit] External links

• List of most influential scholars of interational relations