nuclear systems analysis: (cont.)
and epistemic community 774
and game theory 773
and inadequacy of 801
and Kennedy’s administration779 80
and methods of772 3
and operations research 772 , 773
and origins of778 9
and philosophy of 780
and practices of 773
and problems with:
arbitrary inputs791 3
concentration on blast eVects788 9
controlling nuclear warfare 793
hedging794 5
human reliability 793
implausible/unrealistic scenarios793 5
omission and elision788 91
omission of command and
control789 90
omission of fratricide 790
omission of impact on humans790 1
opaqueness784 5
reprogramming of weapons 794
uncertainty785 8
and role of 772
and signiWcance of 773 4
and Single Integrated Operational Plan
(SIOP) 780
and techniques of781 4
damage expectancy 783
quantiWcation of eVects 781 4
single shot kill probability782 3
war scenarios 781
see alsonuclear strategy
nuclear waste897 8
nursing home incentive reimbursement 81012 ,
817 , 819 , 822 , 827
objectives,seegoals; policy ends
Occupational Safety and Health Act (USA,
1970 ) 238
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (USA)238 9, 342 ,
498 , 511 , 515
OYce of Economic Opportunity (USA) 44 ,
814
OYce of Management and Budget
(USA) 504
oZoading, and dealing with problematic
ends397 8,399 401, 402
diversion strategies399 400
shedding 400
oil supplies, and exhaustion of886 7
omission, and nuclear systems
analysis788 91
opaqueness, and nuclear systems
analysis784 5
Open Method of Coordination (EU) 19 ,
247 8, 381
open economy trilemma 242
operations research,seenuclear operations
research
opportunism, and contracting out 16
opportunity, and redistribution of 610
optimality:
and departures from625 7
failures of individual rationality632 4
failures of voluntary
cooperation634 6
market failure627 32, 646
paternalistic intervention633 4
and imperfect alternatives645 7
see alsogovernment, and failure of
options, and puzzling 119
Orc ̧amento Participativo680 1
ordering devices 254 , 255
and beliefs255 6
and discourse analysis261 2
and frames256 9
and meaning of 252
and narrative analysis260 1
ordinal incomparability763 4
Oregon Plans 175
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) 247 , 907
and evaluation of policy 326 , 327
and New Public Management 463
and regulatory reform 652
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) 875
organization theory, and control loss 14
organizational analysis492 3
and accountability 486964 subject index