Social Choice and the Mathematics of Manipulation

by Alan D. Taylor

Book Overview

Honesty in voting is not always the best policy. This is a book for mathematicians, political scientists, economists and philosophers who want to understand how it is impossible to devise a reasonable voting system in which voters can never gain by submitting a disingenuous ballot. The book requires no prerequisites except a willingness to follow rigorous mathematical arguments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521008832
• ISBN13: 9780521008839
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"