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Social Choice Theory

Núñez, Matías (2014), Social Choice Theory, in Gibbons, Michael T.; Coole, Diana; Ellis, Elisabeth; Ferguson, Kennan, The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Wiley-Blackwell : Hoboken, p. 3485-3490. 10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0948

Type
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Date
2014
Book title
The Encyclopedia of Political Thought
Book author
Gibbons, Michael T.; Coole, Diana; Ellis, Elisabeth; Ferguson, Kennan
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Published in
Hoboken
ISBN
978-1-4051-9129-6
Number of pages
4360
Pages
3485-3490
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Author(s)
Núñez, Matías
Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Abstract (EN)
Social choice theory is the formal study of collective decision-making. Its modern version was initiated by both Arrow and Black and is concerned with the construction of a social preference out of individual preferences.
Subjects / Keywords
elections; preferences; voting rules; collective choice; decision theory; democracy; dictatorship; social choice theory; utilitarianism