The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science

Alex Mintz is Director, Behavioral Political Science Lab at Reichman University, former Provost of the IDC, and past-President of the Israeli Political Science Association. Professor Mintz has also served as editor-in-chief of the journal Political Psychology. Mintz is the author of 13 books and edited volumes, including most recently Beyond Rationality (Cambridge University Press, 2021, with N. Valentino and C. Wayne). He has published multiple articles in top journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Mintz is the 2005 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Foreign Policy Section of the ISA, and the 1993 Karl Deutsch Award given to the scholar under age 40, who has made the most important contribution in the world to the scientific study of international relations. Lesley G. Terris is vice dean and senior lecturer at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University. Employing diverse research methodologies, Terris' work focuses on conflict processes, as well as negotiation and mediation in interstate and intrastate conflicts. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals such as Journal of Conflict Resolution, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Politics.

Introduction: Behavioral Political Science
Alex Mintz and Lesley G. Terris

Part I: Bounded Rationality and Heuristics

1. Heuristics in Political Behavior
Marco R. Steenbergen and Céline Colombo

2. Bounded Rationality in Political Science and Politics
Jonathan Bendor

3. Agenda Setting and Bounded Rationality
Bryan D. Jones and Zachary A. McGee

4. Overreaction and Bubbles in Politics and Policy
Moshe Maor

5. Metaphors and Analogies as Heuristics in Policymaking: The Case of Mao's China
Qingmin Zhang


Part II: Theories

6. The Effects of Time in Negotiations: Bargaining Theory, Sunk Costs, and Inaction Inertia
Lesley G. Terris

7. Integrative Complexity in Politics
Lucian Gideon Conway, III, Peter Suedfeld, and Philip E. Tetlock

8. Prospect Theory and Political Decision Making
Janice Gross Stein and Lior Sheffer

9. Poliheuristic Theory in Strategic Interactions: The United States and Russia on Syria's Chemical Weapons
Eldad Tal-Shir and Alex Mintz

10. Did Groupthink or Polythink Derail the 2016 Raqqa Offensive?: The Impact of Group Dynamics on Strategic and Tactical Decision-Making
Kasey Barr and Alex Mintz

11. Role Theory in Politics and International Relations
Marijke Breuning

12. The Theory of Gendered Prejudice: A Social Dominance and Intersectionalist Perspective
Jim Sidanius, Sa-Kiera T. J. Hudson, Gregory Davis, and Robin Bergh


Part III: Attitudes

13. Foreign Policy Attitudes as Networks
Joshua D. Kertzer and Kathleen E. Powers

14. Personality and Ideology: A Meta-Analysis of the Reliable, but Non-Causal, Association between Openness and Conservatism
Danny Osborne, Nicole Satherley, and Chris G. Sibley

15. Attitudes Toward Immigration: Theories, Settings, and Approaches
Peter Thisted Dinesen and Frederik Hjorth


Part IV: Methods

16. Experimental Approaches to the Study of Campaigns
Alan S. Gerber and Patrick D. Tucker

17. Forecasting Political Events
Michael C. Horowitz

18. Predicting Elections
Helmut Norpoth

19. What Leaders Are Like and Their Effect on Decision Making: Analysis-at-a-Distance
Margaret G. Hermann

20. The Operational Codes of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer, and Gary Smith

21. Natural Language Processing for Innovative Behavioral Political Science
Quan Li

22. Using Applied Decision Analysis to Understand Foreign Policy Decision-making: A Meta-Analysis
J. Tyson Chatagnier

23. Twin Studies and Politics
Levente Littvay

24. Profiling of Terrorists' Psychologies
Jerrold M. Post


Part IV: Future Directions in BPS Research

25. Behavioral Political Science: A Systemist Review
Patrick James