TY - BOOK ID - 19367892 TI - The theory of social choice PY - 1973 SN - 0691081212 0691619190 1400868335 0691646112 9780691081212 PB - Princeton: Princeton university press, DB - UniCat KW - Social choice KW - 316.4 KW - Choice, Social KW - Collective choice KW - Public choice KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Social psychology KW - Welfare economics KW - 316.4 Sociale processen KW - Sociale processen KW - Sociological theories KW - Social choice. KW - Choix collectif UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19367892 AB - One fundamental premise of democratic theory is that social policy, group choice, or collective action should be based on the preferences of the individuals in the society, group, or collective. Using the tools of formal mathematical analysis, Peter C. Fishburn explores and defines the conditions for social choice and methods for synthesizing individuals' preferences. This study is unique in its emphasis on social choice functions, the general position that individual indifference may not be transitive, and the use of certain mathematics such as linear algebra.The text is divided into three main parts: social choice between two alternatives, which examines a variety of majority-like functions; simple majority social choice, which focuses on social choice among many alternatives when two-element feasible subset choices are based on simple majority; and a general study of aspects and types of social choice functions for many alternatives.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -