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The luck of the draw : the role of lotteries in decision-making / Peter Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Peter, 1971 October 14-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lotteries.
- Decision making.
- Political science--Decision making.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A prominent scholar once noted that lotteries in politics & society--to break vote ties, assign students to schools, draft people into the military, select juries--are 'at first thought absurd, & at second thought obvious.' Lotteries have been part of politics since the Greek & Roman times, & they are used widely in American politics today.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The logic of random selection
- pt. 2. Lotteries and justice
- pt. 3. Lotteries beyond justice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-020829-5
- 0-19-984244-2
- 1-283-09641-2
- 9786613096418
- OCLC:
- 721900567
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