Game Theory and Canadian Politics

by Thomas J.B. Flanagan

Book Overview

This is the first book-length application of game theory to Canadian politics. It uses a series of case studies to illustrate fundamental concepts of game theory such as two-person and n-person games; solution in mixed strategies; ordinal games; Nash equilibrium; coordination, Assurance, Chicken and Prisoner's Dilemma models; Schelling curves; coalition theory and Riker's size principle; voting rules, cycles, and the Condorcet winner; the Banzhaf...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079466
• ISBN13: 9780802079466
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An excellent review of Game Theory applied to PoliSci

This book is an amazing review of Game Theory applied to Political Science in Canada. It goes over situations of historic interest to Canadian Political Science majors and describes how they can be modelled and explained using various Game Theoretic constructs.The only reason I don't give a 5 to this is that there are some typographical errors within the book. But other than that, this is a fantastic book and I recommend it to anyone interested in either Canadian Politics, Game Theory or both. :-)