Handbook on Approval Voting
Editors: Laslier, Jean-François, Sanver, M. Remzi (Eds.)
Free Preview- Surveys all major developments in Approval Voting since the publication of the seminal book by Brams/Fishburn (1983)
- Combination of theoretical and empirical results
- Written by specialists of the various disciplines involved
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Under Approval Voting, voters can ''approve" as many candidates as they want, and the candidate approved by the largest number of voters is elected. Since the publication of the seminal book written by Steven Brams and Peter Fishburn in 1983, a variety of theoretical and empirical works have enhanced our understanding of this method. The behavior of voters in such elections has been observed both in the laboratory and in the field; social choice theorists have analyzed the method from the axiomatic point of view; game theory and computer science have been used to scrutinize various strategic aspects; and political scientists have considered the structure of electoral competition entailed by Approval Voting. This book surveys this large body of knowledge through a collection of contributions written by specialists of the various disciplines involved.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Introduction to the Handbook on Approval Voting
Pages 1-12
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Acclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting
Pages 15-17
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Going from Theory to Practice: The Mixed Success of Approval Voting
Pages 19-37
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Collective Choice for Simple Preferences
Pages 41-90
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Axiomatizations of Approval Voting
Pages 91-102
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Handbook on Approval Voting
- Editors
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- Jean-François Laslier
- M. Remzi Sanver
- Series Title
- Studies in Choice and Welfare
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-02839-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-02839-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-02838-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-26413-9
- Series ISSN
- 1614-0311
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 480
- Number of Illustrations
- 49 b/w illustrations
- Topics