Interagency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators and Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the U.S. National Security System

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dc.contributor.advisorGoldstone, Jack A.
dc.contributor.authorGerman, Keith
dc.creatorGerman, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-29T18:42:27Z
dc.date.available2015-07-29T18:42:27Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractNational security experts argue that comprehensive reform of the US national security system (NSS) is required to overcome the low levels of interagency interaction that impede the system's ability to effectively address complex national security issues. There have been numerous recent efforts to increase the level of interagency interaction in the US NSS. Given the wide range of entrenched obstacles to interagency interaction, it is not surprising that assessments of recent efforts suggest success will require either an unacceptably long time or a unifying catastrophic failure. Most studies of the US NSS, and most efforts to improve the system, have focused on either leadership of the US NSS or individuals in the upper echelons of the national security departments. This study complements those efforts by using a case study of the system's middle echelon officers to improve understanding of interagency interaction and the challenges of increasing the level of interagency interaction in the US NSS, and to fill a gap in the literature.
dc.format.extent344 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9684
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 Keith German
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectOrganization theory
dc.subjectCollaboration
dc.subjectInteragency interaction
dc.subjectMiddle echelon officers
dc.subjectNational security
dc.subjectOrganizational change
dc.subjectReform
dc.titleInteragency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators and Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the U.S. National Security System
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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