ISBN:
9780199565306
,
0199565309
,
9780191569876
,
0191569879
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 218 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
LSE perspectives in economic analysis
Parallel Title:
Print version Primer in social choice theory
DDC:
302.1301
Keywords:
Social choice
;
Social choice
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
Social choice
;
Teorin om kollektiva val
;
Val (psykologi) ; sociala aspekter
;
Ledarskap
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
;
Einführung
Abstract:
This introductory text explores the theory of social choice. This text is an important starting point for students grappling with the complexities of social choice theory. Rigorous yet accessible, with new chapter exercises, it avoids the use of technical language and provides an up-to-date discussion of this rapidly developing field. - ;Processes of collective decision making are seen throughout modern society. How does a government decide on an investment strategy within the health care and educational sectors? Should a government or a community introduce measures to combat climate change an
Description / Table of Contents:
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; 1 Introduction; 2 Arrow's impossibility result; 3 Majority decision under restricted domains; 4 Individual rights; 5 Manipulability; 6 Escaping impossibilities: social choice rules; 7 Distributive justice: Rawlsian and utilitarian rules; 8 Cooperative bargaining; 9 Empirical social choice; 10 A few steps beyond; REFERENCES; HINTS TO THE EXERCISES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
Note:
Previous ed. published in 2006. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record
,
Previous ed. published in 2006
