Politics and Rationality
Subtitle: Rational Choice in Application
Contributors: William James Booth (Editor); Patrick James (Editor); Hudson Meadwell (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780521434096
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political Science; Political Theory; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social choice; Politics/International Relations; Political Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Economic aspects
First sentence: Does individual liberty conflict with the Pareto principle - that cornerstone of welfare economics which insists that unanimous individual preference rankings must be reflected in social decisions?