Collective choice and social welfare / Amartya Sen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sen, Amartya, 1933- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare economics.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Originally published in 1970, this classic study has been recognized for its groundbreaking role in integrating economics and ethics, and for its influence in opening up new areas of research in social choice, including aggregative assessment. It has also had a large influence on international organizations, including the United Nations, notably in its work on human development. The book showed that the "impossibility theorems" in social choice theory-led by the pioneering work of Kenneth Arrow-do not negate the possibility of reasoned and democratic social choice. Sen's ideas about social choice, welfare economics, inequality, poverty, and human rights have continued to evolve since the book's first appearance. This expanded edition preserves the text of the original while presenting eleven new chapters of fresh arguments and results. "Expanding on the early work of Condorcet, Pareto, Arrow, and others, Sen provides rigorous mathematical argumentation on the merits of voting mechanisms...For those with graduate training, it will serve as a frequently consulted reference and a necessity on one's book shelf." -J. F. O'Connell, Choice

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface (1970)

New Preface (2017)

Acknowledgements

New Introduction (2017)

Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970)

1. Introduction

1*. Preference Relations

2. Unanimity

2*. Collective Choice Rules and Pareto Comparisons

3. Collective Rationality

3*. Social Welfare Functions

4. Choice Versus Orderings

4*. Social Decision Functions

5. Values and Choice

5*. Anonymity, Neutrality and Responsiveness

6. Conflicts and Dilemmas

6*. The Liberal Paradox

7. Interpersonal Aggregation and Comparability

7*. Aggregation Quasi- Orderings

8. Cardinality With or Without Comparability

8*. Bargains and Social Welfare Functions

9. Equity and Justice

9*. Impersonality and Collective Quasi- Orderings

10. Majority Choice and Related Systems

10*. Restricted Preferences and Rational Choice

11. Theory and Practice

Collective Choice and Social Welfare (2017)

A1. Enlightenment and Impossibility

A1*. Social Preference

A2. Rationality and Consistency

A2*. Problems of Social Choice

A3. Justice and Equity

A3*. Social Welfare Evaluation

A4. Democracy and Public Engagement

A4*. Votes and Majorities

A5. The Idea of Rights

A5*. Rights and Social Choice

A6. Reasoning and Social Decisions

Notes

Bibliography

Subject Index

Name Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-674-97461-1

OCLC:

1100435554