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" Game theory and Canadian politics / "
Thomas Flanagan
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BL
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635108
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Flanagan, Thomas,1944-
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Game theory and Canadian politics /\ Thomas Flanagan
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ix, 190 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0802040942
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: 9780802040947
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: 0802079466
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: 9780802079466
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index
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| Abstract
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"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, the Nash equilibrium, zero-sum and variable-sum games, the paradox of voting, the Condorcet winner, the Condorcet extension, the Banzhaf power index, and spatial models of competition. No mathematics more complex than simple algebra is required to follow the exposition." "This book is intended to show what game theory can add to the philosophical, institutional, and behavioural approaches that have dominated previous works on Canadian politics."--Jacket
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Political science-- Methodology
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Game theory
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Jeux politiques
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Jeux, Théorie des
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Science politique - Méthodologie
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Canada, Politics and government
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320/.01/5193
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JA72.5.F53 1998
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