The theory of social choice / by Peter C. Fishburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishburn, Peter C., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One fundamental premise of democratic theory is that social policy, group choice, or collective action should be based on the preferences of the individuals in the society, group, or collective. Using the tools of formal mathematical analysis, Peter C. Fishburn explores and defines the conditions for social choice and methods for synthesizing individuals' preferences. This study is unique in its emphasis on social choice functions, the general position that individual indifference may not be transitive, and the use of certain mathematics such as linear algebra.The text is divided into three main parts: social choice between two alternatives, which examines a variety of majority-like functions; simple majority social choice, which focuses on social choice among many alternatives when two-element feasible subset choices are based on simple majority; and a general study of aspects and types of social choice functions for many alternatives.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

PART I. SOCIAL CHOICE WITH TWO ALTERNATIVES

CHAPTER 2. Social Choice Functions for Two Alternatives

CHAPTER 3. Duality and Representative Systems

CHAPTER 4. Decisive Coalitions and Representative Systems

CHAPTER 5. Weighted Voting and Anonymous Choice Functions

CHAPTER 6. Strong Decisiveness and Special Majorities

PART II. SIMPLE MAJORITY SOCIAL CHOICE

CHAPTER 7. Binary Relations and Binary Choices

CHAPTER 8. Simple Majority Social Choice

CHAPTER 9. Single-Peaked Preferences

CHAPTER 10. Guarantees and Triples

CHAPTER 11. Transitive Majorities

CHAPTER 12. Condorcet Conditions

CHAPTER 13. From Borda to Dodgson

PART III. SOCIAL CHOICE FUNCTIONS

CHAPTER 14. Conditions for Social Choice

CHAPTER 15. Choice Functions and Passive Intraprofile Conditions

CHAPTER 16. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

CHAPTER 17. Summation Social Choice Functions

CHAPTER 18. Lotteries on Social Alternatives

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691646114

0691646112

9781400868339

1400868335

OCLC:

933516384