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The mathematics of voting and elections : a hands-on approach / Jonathan K. Hodge, Richard E. Klima.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mathematical world ; v. 22.Publisher: Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, 2005Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0821837982
  • 9780821837986
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.90015195 22
LOC classification:
  • JF1001 .H63 2005
Contents:
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.
Review: "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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 324.90015195 HOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A340618B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 324.90015195 HOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A398593B

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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