Mathematics and Politics - Strategy, Voting, Power and Proof

This book teaches humanities majors the accessibility and beauty of discrete and deductive mathematics. It assumes no prior knowledge of either college-level mathematics or political science, and could be offered at the freshman or sophomore level. The book devotes one chapter each to a model of escalation, game-theoretic models of international conflict, political power, and social choice. The material progresses in level of difficulty as the book progresses.

Product details

• Authors: Alan D. Taylor
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780387945002
• ISBN: 978-0-387-94500-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Series: Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences; Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics