Experimentation and Simulation in Political Science / / ed. by J.A. Laponce, Paul Smoker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Alker, Hayward R.,; Argyle, Michael,; Cappello, Hector M.,; Christenen, Cheryl,; Collett, Peter,; Cornblit, Oscar,; Deutsch, Karl W.,; Eulau, Heinz,; Golembiewski, Robert T.,; Lanphier, C . Michael,; Laponce, J. A.,; Leavitt, Michael R.,; Mushakoji, Kinhide,; Pelowski, Allan L.,; Riker, William H.,; Ruge, Mari Holmboe,; Smoker, Paul,; Vertinsky, Ilan,; Wiatr, Jerzy J.,; Zavoina, William James,
• HerausgeberIn: Laponce, J.A.,; Smoker, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (476 p.)

It is rare for the political scientist who handles data which he has not generated himself to cast his mind to that of an observer watching an experiment, it is equally rare for him to plan controlled experiments in which he creates his own data. This lack of attention to the experimental aspect of political science hinders the development of the discipline, especially in relation to the building and testing of adequate theories. To remedy this lack a Round Table conference of the International Political Science Association was held in Vancouver in March 1970. The papers presented at the conference are published in this volume. They discuss the application of experimental techniques to the study of politics and give examples of such applications ranging from paper and computer games to experiments involving the observation of human interaction in a laboratory or in the field. It is hoped that this work will lead to a greater use of controlled experiments in a discipline which has not yet given to the experimental method the importance it should have in the production of relevant data and in the building and testing of theories.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: Experimenting: a two-person game between man and nature -- I. EXPERIMENTS AND POLITICAL THEORY -- The contribution of experiments within the framework of political theory -- II. PRE-DAT A AND POST-DAT A EXPERIMENTS -- International tension as a function of reduced communication -- The use of visual space to measure ideology -- Policy-making in American cities: comparisons in a quasi-longitudinal, quasi-experimental design -- Experiments in self-government: the Polish case -- III. SOCIAL AND PAPER GAMES -- The strategies of negotiation: an American-Japanese comparison -- Rational behaviour in politics: evidence from a three-person game -- Social skills and intercultural communication in politics -- IV. COMPUTER SIMULATIONS -- From causal modelling to artificial intelligence: the evolution of a UN peace-making simulation -- Political coalitions and political behaviour: a simulation model -- An event-based simulation of the Taiwan Straits crises -- Markov processes in international crises: an analytical addendum to an event-based simulation of the Taiwan Straits crises -- V. MAN AND MAN/ COMPUTER SIMULATIONS -- Image and reality in simulated international systems -- International processes simulation: a description -- VI. EXPERIMENTATION, SIMULATION, AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- A planned change in organizational style: underlying theory and some results -- Methodology for social planning: simulation and experimentation processes for participatory social development -- VII. SUBJECTS AND RESEARCHERS: RIGHTS AND DUTIES -- Ethical considerations and research procedures -- Index