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Theory Committees and Elections

Duncan Black
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      In this book, first published in 1958, the social choice theorist and economist Duncan Black aims to formulate a pure science of politics. Focusing on the mathematics of committees and, accordingly, of elections, Black's writing engages with the theories of Condorcet, Borda and Laplace in order to describe the ways in which different systems of voting will yield different results. This can, as Black discusses in detail, influence whether the chosen candidate or motion is relatively agreeable to all, or only suited to the majority group of voters. Black also presents a history of the political science of elections, placing his own work within the context of earlier research and thought on this subject. Professor Black ensures that only a basic knowledge of arithmetic is needed to understand his arguments, although his methods of reasoning will be more familiar to those readers who have previously studied mathematics and economics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Duncan Black EAN: 9780521141208 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 330 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-04-14 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Political science and theory, Elections and referenda / suffrage

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      In this book, first published in 1958, the social choice theorist and economist Duncan Black aims to formulate a pure science of politics. Focusing on the mathematics of committees and, accordingly, of elections, Black's writing engages with the theories of Condorcet, Borda and Laplace in order to describe the ways in which different systems of voting will yield different results. This can, as Black discusses in detail, influence whether the chosen candidate or motion is relatively agreeable to all, or only suited to the majority group of voters. Black also presents a history of the political science of elections, placing his own work within the context of earlier research and thought on this subject. Professor Black ensures that only a basic knowledge of arithmetic is needed to understand his arguments, although his methods of reasoning will be more familiar to those readers who have previously studied mathematics and economics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Duncan Black EAN: 9780521141208 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 330 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-04-14 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Political science and theory, Elections and referenda / suffrage

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