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Great comment! If you have any recommended resources and the time to share please do. Thank you.
by lemonberry 7y ago
Great comment! If you have any recommended resources and the time to share please do. Thank you.
- nabla9 7y agoThese approaches fall under positive political theories with name social choice theory, public choice theory etc. The idea is to apply the formal tools of economics, statistics, game theory, etc. to analyze politics. The old classics: - The Theory of Political Coalitions (1962) by William H. Riker - Social Choice and Individual Values (1952) by Kenneth Arrow. - The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy (1962) by Buchanan and Tullock