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Positive political theory II : strategy and structure / David Austen-Smith and Jeffrey S. Banks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Austen-Smith, David.
- Series:
- Michigan studies in political analysis.
- Michigan studies in political analysis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Methodology.
- Political science.
- Political science--Decision making.
- Rational choice theory.
- Social choice.
- Elections.
- Voting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (473 p.)
- Other Title:
- Positive political theory two
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A major piece of work . . . a classic. There is no other book like it. Norman Schofield, Washington University The authors succeed brilliantly in tackling a large number of important questions concerning the interaction among voters and elected representatives in the political arena, using a common, rigorous language. Antonio Merlo, University of Pennsylvania Positive Political Theory II: Strategy and Structure is the second volume in Jeffrey Banks and David Austen-Smiths monumental study of the links between individual preferences and collective choice. The book focuses on representative systems, including both elections and legislative decision-making processes, clearly connecting individual preferences to collective outcomes. This book is not a survey. Rather, it is the coherent, cumulative result of the authors brilliant efforts to indirectly connect preferences to collective choice through strategic behaviors such as agenda-selection and voting. The book will be an invaluable reference and teaching tool for economists and political scientists, and an essential companion to any scholar interested in the latest theoretical advances in positive political theory.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Strategy-Proof Collective Choice; 3. Implementable Collective Choice; 4. Binary Agendas; 5. Spatial Voting in Committees; 6. Legislative Bargaining; 7. Two-Candidate Elections; 8. Multicandidate Elections; 9 Legislative Elections; 10 Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42355-X
- 9786612423550
- 0-472-02247-4
- OCLC:
- 923500416
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