Title: The theory of committees and elections
First published: 1958
Description: By publishing this work in one single volume, one can witness the tremendous contributions made by Duncan Black to public choice and social choice. This includes the median voter theory, "cyclical majorities", voting rules and strategic behavior, multidimensional spatial theory, and determining preferences from ballots. This volume should be required reading for all scholars and students of formal political science, public choice or social choice theory.
Subjects: Voting, Elections, Committees, Social choice, Political science, Economic policy