Experimental political science
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Experimental political science is the use of experiments, which may be natural or controlled, to implement the scientific method in political science.
History and usage
Since the early years of the discipline, political scientists have expressed ambivalence and skepticism about the possibility of using experiments to draw inferences about political behavior. Nevertheless, experimental research has become a growing area of political science. The publication of experimental research articles in flagship political science journals has risen, especially since the 1980s. Moreover, citation analysis indicates that articles using experimental methods have higher rates of citation.
Among the areas that it is used in are:
- Political psychology, including survey methodology, loss aversion, influences on voter turnout, and media influence;
- The effects on outcomes of different voting systems (e.g., storable votes), including the study of tactical voting; and
- Interactions and voting in legislatures (and other deliberative assemblies), including the effects of different voting methods and control of the agenda.[1]
See also
- Experimental economics
- Experimental psychology
- Psephology
- Public choice theory
- Social choice theory
- Issue voting
Notes
- ↑ Riker, William (1988) [First published in 1982]. Liberalism Against Populism. Prospect Heights, Illinois, USA: Waveland Press. ISBN 0-88133-367-0.
References
- Druckman, James; Green, Donald; Kuklinski, James; Lupia, Arthur (November 2006). "The Growth and Development of Experimental Research in Political Science". American Political Science Review 100 (4): 627–635. doi:10.1017/S0003055406062514.
Further reading
- Kinder, Donald; Palfrey, Thomas, eds. (1993). Experimental Foundations of Political Science. Michigan studies in political analysis. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08181-3.
- Morton, Rebecca; Williams, Kenneth, eds. (2010). Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality: From Nature to the Lab. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13648-8.
- Druckman, James; Green, Donald; Kuklinski, James et al., eds. (2011). Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-17455-8.
External links
- NYU Center on Experimental Social Science
- Experimental Research, an organized section of the American Political Science Association
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