| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""1 Rational Choice""; ""2 Game Theory""; ""3 Stalemate at Lubicon Lake""; ""4 Models of Metrication""; ""5 How Many Are Too Many? The Size of Coalitions""; ""6 Who's Got the Power? Amending the Canadian Constitution""; ""7 The 'Right Stuff': Choosing a Party Leader""; ""8 The Staying Power of the Status Quo""; ""9 Invasion from the Right: The Reform Party in the 1993 Election""; ""10 What Have We Learned?""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T"" |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political science -- Methodology.
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Political science -- Methodology. |
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Game theory.
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Game theory. |
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Canada -- Politics and government.
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Canada. |
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Flanagan, Thomas, 1944- Game theory and Canadian politics. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1998 (DLC) 99209020 |
| ISBN |
9781442675155 (electronic book) |
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1442675152 (electronic book) |
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0802040942 (bound) |
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0802079466 (paperback) |
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9780802040947 |
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1282029347 |
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9781282029347 |
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