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Positive Political Theory I Collective Preference

Author/creator	Austen-Smith, David Author
Other author	Banks, Jeffrey S. Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
Description	224 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Political Science--Methodology. Microeconomics

Series	Michigan Studies in Political Analysis
Summary	Annotation <div><i>Positive Political Theory I</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.<br /></div><div>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.<br /></div><div>"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<br /></div><div>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.<br /></div>
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780472087211
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