{"product_id":"theory-committees-and-elections-paperback-9780521141208","title":"Theory Committees and Elections (Paperback) 9780521141208","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheory Committees and Elections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuncan Black aims to formulate a pure science of politics by focusing on mathematics of committees and elections.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDuncan Black (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521141208, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, first published in 1958, the social choice theorist and economist Duncan Black aims to formulate a pure science of politics. Focusing on the mathematics of committees and, accordingly, of elections, Black's writing engages with the theories of Condorcet, Borda and Laplace in order to describe the ways in which different systems of voting will yield different results. This can, as Black discusses in detail, influence whether the chosen candidate or motion is relatively agreeable to all, or only suited to the majority group of voters. Black also presents a history of the political science of elections, placing his own work within the context of earlier research and thought on this subject. Professor Black ensures that only a basic knowledge of arithmetic is needed to understand his arguments, although his methods of reasoning will be more familiar to those readers who have previously studied mathematics and economics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Theory of Committees and Elections: 1. A committee and motions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Independent valuation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Can a motion be represented by the same symbol on different schedules?\u003cbr\u003e 4. A committee using a simple majority: single-peaked preference curves\u003cbr\u003e 5. A committee using a simple majority: other shapes of preference curves\u003cbr\u003e 6. A committee using a simple majority: any shapes of preference curves, number of motions finite\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cyclical majorities\u003cbr\u003e 8. When the ordinary committee procedure is in use the members scales of valuation may be incomplete\u003cbr\u003e 9. Which candidate ought to be elected?\u003cbr\u003e 10. Examination of some methods of election in single-member constituencies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Proportional representation\u003cbr\u003e 12. The decisions of a committee using a special majority\u003cbr\u003e 13. The elasticity of committee decisions with an altering size of majority\u003cbr\u003e 14. The elasticity of committee decisions with alterations in the members' preference schedules\u003cbr\u003e 15. The converse problem: the group of schedules to correspond to a given voting matrix\u003cbr\u003e 16. A committee using a simple majority: complementary motions\u003cbr\u003e 17. International agreements, Sovereignty and the Cabinet\u003cbr\u003e Part II. History of the Mathematical Theory of Committees and Elections (Excluding Proportional Representation): 18. Borda, Condorcet and Laplace\u003cbr\u003e 19. E. J. Nanson and Francis Galton\u003cbr\u003e 20. The circumstances in which Rev. C. L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) wrote his Three Pamphlets\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005649080600,"sku":"9780521141208","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521141208i_d55e3a07-1b0a-4f3e-a80b-b6cf58f975b4.jpg?v=1691372344","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theory-committees-and-elections-paperback-9780521141208","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}