Rational Politics
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Rational Politics

Decisions, Games, and Strategy

Steven J. Brams

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Rational Politics

Decisions, Games, and Strategy

Steven J. Brams

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About This Book

Rational Politics: Decisions, Games, and Strategy focuses on the unified presentation of politics as a rational human activity, including the paradox of voting and proportional representation. The publication first offers information on the study of rational politics, political intrigue in the Bible, and candidate strategies. Topics include the factor of timing in presidential primaries, rational positions in a multicandidate race, primacy of issues and their spatial representation, and politics in the story of Esther. The text then elaborates on voting paradoxes and the problems of representation, voting power, and threats and deterrence. Discussions focus on a sequential view of the Cuban missile crisis, use of threat power in Poland, power anomalies in the European Community Council of Ministers, probability of the paradox of voting, empirical examples of the paradox of voting, and problems in achieving proportional representation. The book is a valuable reference for researchers interested in rational politics.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781483258577
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Essays in Politics & International Relations
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Rational Politics: Decisions, Games, and Strategy
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Figures and Tables
  7. Chapter 1. The Study of Rational Politics
  8. Chapter 2. Political Intrigue in the Bible: Esther
  9. Chapter 3. Candidate Strategies
  10. Chapter 4. Voting Paradoxes and Problems of Representation
  11. Chapter 5. Voting Power
  12. Chapter 6. Threats and Deterrence
  13. Chapter 7. Traps: No-Win Situations
  14. Chapter 8. Coalitions
  15. Chapter 9. Strategy and Ethics
  16. Glossary
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
Citation styles for Rational Politics

APA 6 Citation

Brams, S. (2014). Rational Politics ([edition unavailable]). Elsevier Science. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1897654/rational-politics-decisions-games-and-strategy-pdf (Original work published 2014)

Chicago Citation

Brams, Steven. (2014) 2014. Rational Politics. [Edition unavailable]. Elsevier Science. https://www.perlego.com/book/1897654/rational-politics-decisions-games-and-strategy-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Brams, S. (2014) Rational Politics. [edition unavailable]. Elsevier Science. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1897654/rational-politics-decisions-games-and-strategy-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Brams, Steven. Rational Politics. [edition unavailable]. Elsevier Science, 2014. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.