Research work · 2022
Behavioral Political Science
Patrick James
The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science
Abstract
Abstract Behavioral political science (BPS) is a research enterprise with many accomplishments in place already, such as rigorous concept formation and a wide range of theories that have performed well under various kinds of testing. This chapter, which evaluates the contents of the present volume, unfolds in eight sections. The first section provides an overview of how assessment of BPS will be carried out. Sections two through five review the accomplishments of the major sectors in the present volume: a) bounded rationality and heuristics, b) theories, c) attitudes, and d) methods. The sixth section introduces systemism, a graphic approach toward representation of cause and effect. The seventh section applies systemism in an effort to assemble the contributions from sectors a through d into a visual representation of cause and effect for BPS. An eighth and final section reflects on what has been achieved.