A Primer in Social Choice Theory
Revised Edition
Published on 23. April 2009
978-0-19-160989-3 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory text explores the theory of social choice. Written as a primer suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduates, this text will act as an important starting point for students grappling with the complexities of social choice theory. Rigorous yet accessible, this primer avoids the use of technical language and provides an up-to-date discussion of this rapidly developing field. This is the first in a series of texts published in association with the LSE.
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04/2009
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Wulf Gaertner is Professor of Economics at the University of Osnabrück in Germany and Fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin. He has held several visiting posts at Tulane University, Harvard University, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and was the recipient of the Ludwig Lachmann Research Fellowship from the LSE for the period 2006-2008. Professor Gaertner is also one of the managing editors of the journal, Social Choice and Welfare.
Content
- Glossary of major concepts
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Arrow's Impossibility Result
- 3: Majority Decision Under Restricted Domains
- 4: Individual Rights
- 5: Manipulability
- 6: Espacing Impossibilities: Social Choice Rules
- 7: Distributive Justice: Rawlsian and Utilitarian Rules
- 8: Cooperative Bargaining
- 9: Empirical Social Choice
- 10: A Few Steps Beyond
