EXPERIMENTAL POLITICAL SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (H/C)

EXPERIMENTAL POLITICAL SCIENCE IS A RAPIDLY EXPANDING FIELD. THIS BOOK PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF THE CORE CHALLENGES IN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, WRITTEN BY EXPERIENCED EXPERIMENTALISTS. THE COMMON THEME RUNNING THROUGH AND LINKING THE CHAPTERS IS THE APPLICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN THE TWIN FIELDS OF VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE IMPLICATIONS OF DESIGN CHOICES ON THEORY TESTING CAPACITIES AND PRE-IMPLEMENTATION EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL MECHANISMS, LABORATORY AND SURVEY EXPERIMENTS, THE APPLICATION OF TRIANGULATION DESIGNS USING DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL METHODS, POTENTIALS OF DATA ANALYSIS USING BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS, AS WELL AS INFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO CONSTRUCTS, CONSTITUENCIES, AND CAUSAL CLAIMS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF REPEATED PLAY. THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THIS BOOK IS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE REFLECTION OF ACTUAL PRACTICES.