Mathematics and Politics
Strategy, Voting, Power and Proof
Fr. 183.00
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.Beschreibung
Details
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
09.03.1995
Verlag
Springer UsSeitenzahl
284
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/1.6 cm
interest in a particular application, however, often depends on his or hergeneralinterestintheareainwhichtheapplicationistakingplace. My experience at Union College has been that there is a real advan tage in having students enter the course knowing thatvirtually all the applications will focus on a single discipline-in this case, political science. The level ofpresentation assumes no college-level mathematicalor social science prerequisites. The philosophy underlying the approach we have taken in this book is based on the sense that we (mathemati cians)havetendedtomaketwoerrorsinteachingnonsciencestudents: wehaveoverestimatedtheircomfortwithcomputationalmaterial,and we have underestimated their ability to handle conceptual material. Thus, while there is very little algebra (and certainly no calculus) in our presentation, we have included numerous logical arguments that students in the humanitiesand the socialscienceswill find accessible, but not trivial. The book contains five main topics: a m.odel of escalation, game theoretic models of international conflict, yes-no voting systems, political power, and social choice. The first partofthe text is made up of a single chapter devoted to each topic. The second part of the text revisits each topic, again with a single chapter devoted to each. The organizationofthe bookisbasedonpedagogicalconsiderations, with the material becoming somewhat more sophisticated as one moves through the ten chapters. On the other hand, within any given chap terthere is little reliance on material from earlierchapters, except for those devoted to the same topic.
Weitere Bände von Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Introduction · to Mathematical Structures and · Proofs des Autors Larry Gerstein
Larry Gerstein
Introduction · to Mathematical Structures and · ProofsBuch
Fr. 72.90
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Mathematics and Politics des Autors Alan D. Taylor
Alan D. Taylor
Mathematics and PoliticsBuch
Fr. 183.00
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Workshop Calculus with Graphing Calculators des Autors Nancy Baxter Hastings
Nancy Baxter Hastings
Workshop Calculus with Graphing CalculatorsBuch
Fr. 66.90
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Calculus des Autors Harley Flanders
Harley Flanders
CalculusBuch
Fr. 72.90
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Linear Functions and Matrix Theory des Autors Bill Jacob
Bill Jacob
Linear Functions and Matrix TheoryBuch
Fr. 72.90
-
Zur Artikeldetailseite von Chaos des Autors Kathleen T. Alligood
Kathleen T. Alligood
ChaosBuch
Fr. 86.90
Unsere Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel
Helfen Sie anderen Kund*innen durch Ihre Meinung
Erste Bewertung verfassen