UID:
almafu_9961900681902883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 109 p.) :
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ill.
ISBN:
9781412985840 (ebook) :
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9781452214436
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1452214433
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9781412985840
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1412985846
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9780585181073
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0585181071
Series Statement:
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-123
Content:
'Social Choice' is a comprehensive exploration of the key questions, concepts, terminology, methods and results of social choice theory.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Cover -- Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - What is Social Choice Theory -- The Voter's Paradox -- The Big Picture -- An Outline of This Book -- Chapter 2 - Fundamental Terminology: Discrete Social Choice -- Chapter 3 - Arrow's Theorem -- The Social Preference Function -- Arrow's Possibility Theorem -- The Meaning of Arrow's Theorem -- Chapter 4 - Fundamental Terminology: Continuous Sets of Alternatives -- The Euclidean Spatial Model -- Utility Functions -- Continuity and Utility Representations on the Continuum -- Convexity and Single-Peakedness -- Chapter 5 - The Unidimensional Spatial Model -- The Importance of Single-Peaked Preferences -- The Median Voter Theorem -- Reversion Points and Take-It-or-Leave-It Offers -- Unraveling in Democratically Governed Groups -- Chapter 6 - The Multidimensional Spatial Model -- The Importance of Convexity -- Stability Analysis: Majority Rule in Several Dimensions -- The Chaos Theorems -- Addressing the Disequilibrium Problem -- Structure-Induced Equilibrium -- Behavioral Sources of Stability -- Chapter 7 - Conclusion: Looking Backward and Forward -- References -- About the Author.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780761914068
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0761914064
Language:
English
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