A Political Theory Primer

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
"Full of examples ranging from the most basic to those at the forefront of current research in political science, [A Political Theory Primer] provides an introduction to some of the elementary game-theoretic ideas and applications that are re-shaping our understanding of many problems in political science and the social sciences more broadly."
—Robert Powell, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
A POLITICAL THEORY PRIMER is designed as an introductory course for students in the application of game theory to modeling political processes. Examining those very phenomena that power political machineries—elections, legislative and committee processes, and international conflict, the book attempts to answer fundamental questions about their nature and function.
Included at the end of each chapter is a set of exercises designed to allow students to practice the construction and analysis of political ¦models. Although the text assumes... Tovább

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
"Full of examples ranging from the most basic to those at the forefront of current research in political science, [A Political Theory Primer] provides an introduction to some of the elementary game-theoretic ideas and applications that are re-shaping our understanding of many problems in political science and the social sciences more broadly."
—Robert Powell, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
A POLITICAL THEORY PRIMER is designed as an introductory course for students in the application of game theory to modeling political processes. Examining those very phenomena that power political machineries—elections, legislative and committee processes, and international conflict, the book attempts to answer fundamental questions about their nature and function.
Included at the end of each chapter is a set of exercises designed to allow students to practice the construction and analysis of political ¦models. Although the text assumes only training at the high-school algebra level, the student who completes a course around this text will be equipped to read nearly all of the professional literature that makes use of game-theoretic analysis. Each chapter also contains suggestions for further reading for those students who want to broaden their learning and expertise.
Peter Ordestiook is Professor of Political Science at the California Institute of Technology. He is co-author of The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems, and An Introduction to Positive Political Theory, and author of Game Theory and Political Theory: An Introduction. I Vissza