Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science

by Edited by James N. Druckman , Donald P. Greene , James H. Kuklinski , Arthur Lupia

• ISBN13: 9780521192125
• ISBN10: 0521192129
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

Table of Contents

Experimentation in political science

Designing Experiments:

Experiments: an introduction to core concepts

Internal and external validity

Students as experimental participants: a defense of the 'narrow data base'

Economics vs. psychology experiments: stylization, incentives, and deception

The Development of Experiments in Political Science:

Laboratory experiments in political science

Experiments and game theory's value to political science

The logic and design of the survey experiment: an autobiography of a methodological innovation

Field experiments in political science

Decision Making:

Attitude change experiments in political science

Conscious and unconscious information processing with implications for experimental political science

Political knowledge

Vote Choice, Candidate Evaluations, and Turnout:

Candidate impressions and evaluations

Media and politics

Candidate advertisements

Voter mobilization

Interpersonal Relations:

Trust and social exchange

An experimental approach to citizen deliberation Christopher

Social networks and political context

Identity, Ethnicity, and Politics:

Candidate gender and experimental political science

Racial identity and experimental methodology

The determinants and political consequences of prejudice Vincent

Politics from the perspective of minority populations

Institutions and Behavior:

Experimental contributions to collective-action theory

Legislative voting and cycling

Electoral systems and strategic voting (laboratory election experiments

Experimental research on democracy and development

Elite Bargaining:

Coalition experiments

Negotiation and mediation

The experiment and foreign policy decision making Margaret

Advanced Experimental Methods:

Treatment effects

Making effects manifest in randomized experiments

Design and analysis of experiments in multilevel populations

Analyzing the downstream effects of randomized experiments

Mediation analysis is harder than it looks

Afterword:

Campbell's ghost

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