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Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures
Steven J. Brams
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Description for Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures
Paperback. Voters often desert a preferred candidate for a more viable second choice to avoid wasting their vote. Likewise, parties to a dispute often find themselves unable to agree on a fair division of contested goods. This book shows how social-choice and game theory could make political and social institutions more democratic. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: JPHF; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
Voters today often desert a preferred candidate for a more viable second choice to avoid wasting their vote. Likewise, parties to a dispute often find themselves unable to agree on a fair division of contested goods. In Mathematics and Democracy, Steven Brams, a leading authority in the use of mathematics to design decision-making processes, shows how social-choice and game theory could make political and social institutions more democratic. Using mathematical analysis, he develops rigorous new procedures that enable voters to better express themselves and that allow disputants to divide goods more fairly. One of the procedures that Brams proposes is ... Read more
Voters today often desert a preferred candidate for a more viable second choice to avoid wasting their vote. Likewise, parties to a dispute often find themselves unable to agree on a fair division of contested goods. In Mathematics and Democracy, Steven Brams, a leading authority in the use of mathematics to design decision-making processes, shows how social-choice and game theory could make political and social institutions more democratic. Using mathematical analysis, he develops rigorous new procedures that enable voters to better express themselves and that allow disputants to divide goods more fairly. One of the procedures that Brams proposes is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691133218
SKU
V9780691133218
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About Steven J. Brams
Steven J. Brams is professor of politics at New York University. He is the author of "Theory of Move"s, among many other books, and the coauthor of "The Win-Win Solution: Guaranteeing Fair Shares to Everybody" and "Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution".
Reviews for Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures
"Showing how social-choice theory and game theory could make political and social institutions more democratic, Brams uses mathematical analysis to develop new procedures that could enable voters to better express their preferences."
Times Higher Education "The image on the cover of Mathematics and Democracy shows four people pulling on two ropes. If they all pull, the knot will jam. The book's ... Read more
Times Higher Education "The image on the cover of Mathematics and Democracy shows four people pulling on two ropes. If they all pull, the knot will jam. The book's ... Read more