UCD professors and PhD candidate publish chapters in handbook on political institutions

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  • Three UC Davis Political Science affiliates published research in a new edited volume on political institutions.

Three UC Davis Political Science affiliates published research in a new edited volume on political institutions. Associate Professor Lauren Young and PhD candidate Enrico La Viña published a chapter in the Handbook of Innovations in Political Psychology. The chapter, entitled "Experiments in and on political institutions", explains how experiments can be used to both describe institutions and identify the effects of institutional changes and discusses the potential and pitfalls of common experimental designs. Additionally, emeritus faculty Matthew Shugart published a chapter on electoral institutions and the personal vote. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-comparative-political-institutions-9781803929088.html?srsltid=AfmBOopCIOzSBmePkzoKEF3rXyAi3lgjKzdKSrUmfALwXC5c4Vrhdtfo