Mathematics of Voting and Elections A Hands-On Approach

Name: Mathematics of Voting and Elections A Hands-On Approach
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ISBN: 9780821837986

ISBN-10: 0821837982

ISBN-13: 9780821837986

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jonathan K. Hodge, Richard E. Kilma

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The results of an election depend not just upon the wishes of the electorate, but also upon the mathematics used to calculate the result. Using numerous case studies & featuring discussions of actual elections from the perspectives of both politics & popular culture, this text explores vote counting systems.

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Publication date: 5/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



What's so good about majority rule?


Perot, Nader, and other inconveniences


Back into the ring


Trouble in democracy


Explaining the impossible One person, one vote?


Calculating corruption The ultimate college experience


Trouble in direct democracy


Proportional (mis)representation


Bibliography


Index