|
|
books
| book details |
Rational Choice, Collective Decisions, and Social Welfare
By (author) Kotaro Suzumura
|
| on special |
normal price: R 1 821.95
Price: R 1 639.95
|
| book description |
Left freely to themselves, a group of rational individuals often fail to cooperate even when the product of social cooperation is beneficial to all. Hence, the author argues, a rule of collective decision making is clearly needed that specifies how social cooperation should be organised among contributing individuals. Suzumura gives a systematic presentation of the Arrovian impossibility theorems of social choice theory, so as to describe and enumerate the various factors that are responsible for the stability of the voluntary association of free and rational individuals. Among other topics covered are an axiomatic characterisation of the concept of a rational choice, the simple majority decision rule and its extensions, the social choice implications of the concept of equity as nonenvy, the constrained majoritarian collective choice rules and the conflict between the Paretian ethics and the libertarian claims of individual rights.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 5 Nov 2009
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 292
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 430g
ISBN | 978-0-5211-2255-9
Readership Age |
BISAC | social science / general
| other options |
Normally shipped |
Readership Age |
Normal Price | R 2 070.95
Price | R 1 863.95
| on special |
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
|
|
Mason Coile
Paperback / softback
224 pages
was: R 520.95
now: R 468.95
|
A terrifying locked-room mystery set in a remote outpost on Mars.
|
|
An epic love story with the pulse of a thriller that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love?
|
|
|
|
