Game Theory and Political Theory
An Introduction

This book integrates political theory and mathematical models of political and economic processes.

Peter C. Ordeshook (Author)

9780521315937, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 September 1986

528 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.69 kg

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.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Individual preference and individual choice
2. Individual preference and social choice
3. Basic theory of noncooperative games
4. Elections and two-person zero-sum games
5. Nonzero-sum games: political economy, public goods, and the prisoners' dilemma
6. Institutions, strategic voting, and agendas
7. Cooperative games and the characteristic function
8. The core
9. Solution theory
10. Repeated games and information: some research frontiers
References and a guide to the literature
Index.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA]