Produktinformation
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 "approval voting," which allows voters to vote for as many candidates as they like or consider acceptable. There is no ranking, and the candidate with the most votes wins. The voter no longer has to consider whether a vote for a preferred but less popular candidate might be wasted. In the same vein, Brams puts forward new, more equitable procedures for resolving disputes over divisible and indivisible goods.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-100691133212
ISBN-139780691133218
eBay Product ID (ePID)68811397
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagPrinceton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Anzahl der Seiten390 Seiten
PublikationsnameMathematics And Democracy
SpracheEnglisch
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorSteven J. Brams
FormatTaschenbuch
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
HörbuchNo
InhaltsbeschreibungPaperback
Item Height2cm
Item Length23cm
Item Weight662g
Item Width15cm