, which provides an up-to-date overview of applications of n-person game theory to the study of power in multimember bodies …. Other theories that shed light on power distribution (e.g. aggregation theory) are treated as well. The book revisits the …

, 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 make use of game theory. …

-Republics -- Enlightenment and the End of Traditional Democracy -- Modernity and Schism in Understanding Democracy -- Theory: Direct Democracy …The mathematical theory of democracy deals with selection of representatives who make decisions on behalf of the whole …

Approval Voting -- Going from Theory to Practice: The Mixed Success of Approval Voting -- Axiomatic Theory -- Collective Choice … axiomatic point of view; game theory and computer science have been used to scrutinize various strategic aspects; and political …

explanation of the process based on bargaining theory. It studies institutional changes as a non-violent bargaining process in … -- Bargaining Theory’s Contribution to Social Science -- Bargaining Game -- An Economic Description of Institution -- The General …

theory, computational social choice, and fair division. It thus offers an interdisciplinary treatment of collective decision … making from an economic and computational perspective. Part I introduces to algorithmic game theory, focusing on both … noncooperative and cooperative game theory. Part II introduces to computational social choice, focusing on both preference …

This book treats extensive form game theory in full generality. It provides a framework that does not rely on any …Introduction -- Game Trees -- Pseudotrees and Order Theory -- Extensive Decision Problems -- Extensive Forms …