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Mathematics and democracy [electronic resource] : designing better voting and fair-division procedures / Steven J. Brams

Author:
Brams, Steven J.
Published:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Physical Description:
xvi, 373 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Electing a single winner : approval voting in practice -- Electing a single winner : approval voting in theory -- Electing a single winner : combining approval and preference -- Electing multiple winners : constrained approval voting -- Electing multiple winners : the minimax procedure -- Electing multiple winners : minimizing misrepresentation -- Selecting winners in multiple elections -- Selecting a governing coalition in a parliament -- Allocating cabinet ministries in a parliament -- Allocating indivisible goods : help the worst-off or avoid envy? -- Allocating a single homogeneous divisible good : divide-the-dollar -- Allocating multiple homogeneous divisible goods : adjusted winner -- Allocating a single heterogeneous good : cutting a cake -- Allocating divisible and indivisible goods -- Summary and conclusions.
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ISBN:
9780691133218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691133212 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index.
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