Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures

by StevenJ.Brams (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $49.50

  Voters often desert a preferred candidate for a more viable second choice to avoid wasting their vote. Likewise, parties to a dispute often find themselves unable to agree on a fair division of contested goods. This book shows how social-choice and game theory could make political and social institutions more democratic.