Power, Freedom, and Voting is an interdisciplinary book that presents a comprehensive insight into current research by economists, mathematicians, philosophers and political scientists on three intimately related concepts that are atthe heart of theories of democracy and social welfare. The editors have brought together some of the leading scholars in the different fields to create a distinctive volume. Chapters include contributions on foundational and methodological issues in the definition and measurement of power and freedom and empirical studies of power and coalition formation in voting bodies. The volume also contains contributions that make an effort to bridge the gaps between different disciplinary approaches, including one on the importance of Machiavelli’s writing as a reference point for modern political theory, and others on the related concepts of fairness and responsibility. A majority of the chapters makeuse of game theory. INDICE: From the contents Introduction.- M. Braham: Social Power and Social Causation: Towards a Formal Synthesis.- F. Turnover et al.: Power Indices Methodology: Decisiveness, Pivots, and Swings.- D.S. Felsenthal, M. Machover: Further Reflections on the Expediency and Stability of Alliances.- R. van den Brink, F. Steffen: Positional Power in Hierarchies.- C. Bertini et al.: A PublicHelp Index.- S. Napel, M. Widgrén: Shapley-Shubik Versus Strategic Power - Live from the UN Security Council.- G. Owen et al.: Modiefied Power Indices for Indirect Voting.- J. Godfrey, B. Grofman: Pivotal Voting Theory: The 1993 Clinton Health Care Reform Proposal in the U.S. Congress.- V.C.H. chua, D.S. Felsenthal: Coalition Formation Theories Revisited: An Empirical Investigation of Aumann's Hypothesis.- F. Bolle, Y. Breitmoser: Coalition Formation, Agenda Selection, and Power.- W. Güth et al.: Democratic Defences and (De-)Stabilisations.- S.J. Brams, D.M. Kilgour: The Instability of Power Sharing.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-73381-2
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 425
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés