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Field Experiments in Comparative Politics and Policy (Paperback)
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Field Experiments in Comparative Politics and Policy (Paperback)
Series: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series
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Standing on the methodological frontier of field experimentation,
researchers studying politics face a unique set of challenges. How
do field researchers interact with policymakers, public officials,
and funding agencies? How do they ensure high standards in the
generation and reporting of empirical results? How can they
redefine the role that experimental methodology plays in the study
of politics today? This volume of The ANNALS addresses these
questions, examining the use and application of the field
experiment method in political science and presenting the state of
the art in this important field.By the 1980s, students of political
behavior had abandoned field experiments for analysis of
large-scale surveys. Then with the first voting experiments
conducted in 1998 u examining the impact of mail, telephoning, and
canvassing strategies on turnout u a resurgence of field
experiments in politics was set in motion. This new wave of
methodology led to important changes in the discipline: a growing
significance on research design and the acquisition of new research
methods and skills. Since the 1998 voter experiments, the domain of
research and experimental settings topics has expanded notably,
with a vigorous field experiment agenda in a variety of social,
economic, and cultural contexts. There has been a profusion of
experiments in real-world settings with a diversity of
interventions and experimental contexts that have come to
characterize field experimental political science. These compelling
essays, derived from the 2008 Conference of Field Experiments in
Comparative Politics and Policy, held at the University of
Manchester in the United Kingdom, represent new developments in the
field, recent trends in statistical analysis and in dealing with
problems of measurement and validity. These creative scholars offer
valuable insight into this developing style of research and the
role that experimental methodology can play in the study of
politics. This important volume of The ANNALS features provocative
and insightful contributions that reflect the ways that field
researchers, in an international context, use the method in novel
ways and tackle more subtle challenges of design and analysis. This
volume is a must-read for researchers of politics and policy u
especially those ready to expand the substantive and methodological
frontiers of field experimentation. It is also a valuable resource
for political scholars and policymakers.
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