Formal political theory seeks to develop formal, mathematical models of political and economic processes. This book attempts to integrate the last twenty years of development in this field. Professor Ordeshook uses the modern developments in the theory of games (decision making with multiple, interactive decision makers) as the basis for the synthesis. Topics covered include models of elections and of committee processes, the demand and supply of public goods, and surveys of game theory and social-choice theory. Game Theory and Political Theory is designed as a textbook for graduate courses in formal political theory and political economy.
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Attempts to integrate the past twenty years of development in formal political theory. Topics covered include models of elections and of committee processes, the demand and supply of public goods and surveys of game theory and social-choice theory.
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It is a very complex and not very friendly book for beginners, I read it when I was on my freshman year for Political Science and found it hard to use on my Public Election papers.
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This chapter focuses on the notation and definitions required to represent the theoretical primitives of formal theory - alternatives, outcomes, and preferences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
budget simplex, coalition predictions, cyclic social preferences, circular indifference contours, election equilibrium, social preference order, suppose that the committee, intransitive social preferences, amendment agendas, logrolling example, simple voting games, bargaining set theory, binary agenda, sincere outcome, voting tree, sophisticated voting, expected plurality, suppose that each person, voting sincerely, transferable utility, median ideal point, median preference, strong equilibria, sincere voting, beta core Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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This chapter focuses on the notation and definitions required to represent the theoretical primitives of formal theory - alternatives, outcomes, and preferences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
budget simplex, coalition predictions, cyclic social preferences, circular indifference contours, election equilibrium, social preference order, suppose that the committee, intransitive social preferences, amendment agendas, logrolling example, simple voting games, bargaining set theory, binary agenda, sincere outcome, voting tree, sophisticated voting, expected plurality, suppose that each person, voting sincerely, transferable utility, median ideal point, median preference, strong equilibria, sincere voting, beta core Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Political Science Review, New York, Public Choice, Journal of Economic Theory, American Journal of Political Science, Martin Shubik, New Haven, Princeton Univ, Thomas Schwartz, Behavioral Science, Seventeenth Amendment, Western Europe, Yale Univ, British Columbia, Cambridge Univ, Norman Schofield, Robert Wilson, San Francisco, Sequence Person, American Economic Review, Ann Arbor, Chicago Press, Committee Decisions, Gary Cox, Harvard Univ New!
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- An Economic Theory of Democracy by Anthony Downs in Front Matter, page 490, and page 494
- Theory of Political Coalitions by William H. Riker in Front Matter, and page 498
- The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod in Front Matter, and page 499
- Game Theory by Guillermo Owen on page 488, and page 490
- Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory by Allan M. Feldman on page 487, and page 494
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