The developments over a thirty-year time span in the study of power, especially voting power, are traced in this book, 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...

Chapter 1. Instead of an introduction - Manfred on his 75th Birthday (Heinz Kurz) -- Part I. Economics and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. Three Types of Dramatic Irony (Timo Airaksinen) -- Chapter 3. Defence is of Much More Importance than Opulence: Adam Smith on the Political Economy of War (Heinz...