ISBN:
9781107070035
,
9781107699625
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 255 S.
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
DDC:
302.13
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
;
Group identity
;
Political participation
;
Social choice
;
Voting
Abstract:
Part I. Basics: 1. The analysis of politics; 2. Becoming a group: the constitution; 3. Choosing in groups: an intuitive presentation; 4. The formal analytics of choosing in groups -- Part II. Spatial Theory: 5. Politics as spatial competition; 6. Two dimensions: elusive equilibrium -- Part III. Extensions: Collective Choice, Uncertainty, and Collective Action: 7. The social problem: impossibility; 8. Uncertainty; 9. Voting as a collective-action problem
Abstract:
"This book is an introduction to the logic and analytics of group choice. To understand how political institutions work, it is important to isolate what citizens - as individuals and as members of society - actually want. This book develops a means of 'representing' the preferences of citizens so that institutions can be studied more carefully. This is the first book to integrate the classical problem of constitutions with modern spatial theory, connecting Aristotle and Montesquieu with Arrow and Buchanan"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
