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BL
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704586
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b526775
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| Main Entry
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Brams, Steven J
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| Title & Author
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Mathematics and democracy : : designing better voting and fair-division procedures /\ Steven J. Brams
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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xvi, 373 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0691133204 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0691133212 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780691133201 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780691133218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index
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| Contents
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Electing a single winner : approval voting in practice -- Electing a single winner : approval voting in theory -- Electing a single winner : combining approval and preference -- Electing multiple winners : constrained approval voting -- Electing multiple winners : the minimax procedure -- Electing multiple winners : minimizing misrepresentation -- Selecting winners in multiple elections -- Selecting a governing coalition in a parliament -- Allocating cabinet ministries in a parliament -- Allocating indivisible goods : help the worst-off or avoid envy? -- Allocating a single homogeneous divisible good : divide-the-dollar -- Allocating multiple homogeneous divisible goods : adjusted winner -- Allocating a single heterogeneous good : cutting a cake -- Allocating divisible and indivisible goods -- Summary and conclusions
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| Subject
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Elections-- Mathematical models
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Finance, Public-- Mathematical models
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Voting-- Mathematical models
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| Dewey Classification
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324.601/513
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| LC Classification
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JF1001.B73 2008
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