The mathematics of voting and elections : a hands-on approach / Jonathan K. Hodge, Richard E. Klima.
Material type: TextSeries: Mathematical world ; v. 22.Publisher: Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, 2005Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0821837982
- 9780821837986
- 324.90015195 22
- JF1001 .H63 2005
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324.9 HAR Elections and voters : a comparative introduction / | 324.9 PAR Party systems and voter alignments revisited / | 324.9 SAA Chaotic elections! : a mathematician looks at voting / | 324.90015195 HOD The mathematics of voting and elections : a hands-on approach / | 324.90015195 HOD The mathematics of voting and elections : a hands-on approach / | 324.90089 BIR Ethnicity and electoral politics / | 324.9045 ELE Elections and voting behaviour : new challenges, new perspectives / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What's so good about majority rule? -- 2. Perot, Nader, and other inconveniences -- 3. Back into the ring -- 4. Trouble in democracy -- 5. Explaining the impossible -- 6. One person, one vote? -- 7. Calculating corruption -- 8. The ultimate college experience -- 9. Trouble in direct democracy -- 10. Proportional (mis)representation.
"The Mathematics of Voting and Elections: A Hands-on Approach will help you discover answers to these and many other questions. Easily accessible to anyone interested in the subject, the book requires virtually no prior mathematical experience beyond basic arithmetic, and includes numerous examples and discussions regarding actual elections from politics and popular culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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