A mathematical look at politics

A mathematical look at politics

by Robinson, E. Arthur

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This book applies the power of mathematical thinking to problems in politics and public policy.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :A mathematical look at politics / E. Arthur Robinson, Daniel Ullman.

Summary

This book applies the power of mathematical thinking to problems in politics and public policy.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):CRC Press
  • Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvii, 459 pages : : illustrations.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780429066757, 0429066759
  • oclc:on1330986496
  • LC Classification:JA71.5
  • Dewey Decimal:320.01/513

Table of Contents

Voting -- Two candidates -- Social choice functions -- Criteria for social choice -- Which methods are good? -- Arrow's theorem -- Variations on the theme -- Apportionment -- Hamilton's method -- Divisor methods -- Criteria and impossibility -- The method of Balinski and Young -- Deciding among divisor methods -- History of apportionment int he United States -- Conflict -- Strategies and outcomes -- Chance and expectation -- Solving zero-sum games -- Conflict and cooperation -- Nash equilibria -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The electoral college -- Weighted voting -- Whose advantage?

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Subjects

Political science -- Mathematics

Writers

Robinson, E. Arthur Ullman, Daniel

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