Voting Experiments
Editors: Blais, Andre, Laslier, Jean-François, Van der Straeten, Karine (Eds.)
Free Preview- First book that gives a comprehensive overview of experimental methods in the study of elections
- Covers all types of experiments: in the laboratory, in the field, and in surveys
- Covers the study of voting, but also party and candidate strategy
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- About this book
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This book presents a collection of papers illustrating the variety of "experimental" methodologies used to study voting. Experimental methods include laboratory experiments in the tradition of political psychology, laboratory experiments with monetary incentives, in the economic tradition, survey experiments (varying survey, question wording, framing or content), as well as various kinds of field experimentation. Topics include the behavior of voters (in particular turnout, vote choice, and strategic voting), the behavior of parties and candidates, and the comparison of electoral rules.
- About the authors
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Karine Van Der Straeten, Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Jean-François Laslier, Paris School of Economics, CNRS, Paris, France
André Blais, Université de Montréal, Département de science politique, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Reviews
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“Volume includes enough experimental research to make readers think twice about a decision to move to a multiparty state. … book has much to teach readers who hope to preserve their self-interest by contemplating a move from a dual-party system to a multi-party system. Contributors to Voting Experiments have defined most of their theoretical concepts clearly enough for readers who are not familiar with the disciplinary language found in political science and economics to be able to follow their arguments.” (Theresa A. Thorkildsen, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (11), March, 2017)
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-16
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Deciding Correctly: Variance in the Effective Use of Party Cues
Pages 19-42
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The Company Makes the Feast. Party Constellations, Campaign Context and Issue Voting in Multi-party Systems
Pages 43-66
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Candidate Extremity, Information Environments, and Affective Polarization: Three Experiments Using Dynamic Process Tracing
Pages 67-87
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Common Knowledge and Voter Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Mali
Pages 89-113
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Voting Experiments
- Editors
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- Andre Blais
- Jean-François Laslier
- Karine Van der Straeten
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-40573-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-40573-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-40571-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-82131-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 333
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
- Topics