Positive political theory. I, Collective preference / David Austen-Smith and Jeffrey S. Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austen-Smith, David, Author.

Banks, Jeffrey S., Author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Michigan studies in political analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Methodology.

Political science.

Political science--Decision making.

Rational choice theory.

Social choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st pbk. ed. 2000.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 2000, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Positive Political Theory I is concerned with the formal theory of preference aggregation for collective choice. The theory is developed as generally as possible, covering classes of aggregation methods that include such well-known examples as majority and unanimity rule and focusing in particular on the extent to which any aggregation method is assured to yield a set of "best" alternatives. The book is intended both as a contribution to the theory of collective choice and a pedagogic tool. Austen-Smith and Banks have made the exposition both rigorous and accessible to people with some technical background (e.g., a course in multivariate calculus). The intended readership ranges from more technically-oriented graduate students and specialists to those students in economics and political science interested less in the technical aspects of the results than in the depth, scope, and importance of the theoretical advances in positive political theory. "This is a stunning book. Austen-Smith and Banks have a deep understanding of the material, and their text gives a powerfully unified and coherent perspective on a vast literature. The exposition is clear-eyed and efficient but never humdrum. Even those familiar with the subject will find trenchant remarks and fresh insights every few pages. Anyone with an interest in contemporary liberal democratic theory will want this book on the shelf." --Christopher Achen, University of Michigan David Austen-Smith is Professor of Political Science, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University. Jeffrey S. Banks is Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612882920

9781282882928

1282882929

9780472022465

0472022466

OCLC:

694144952