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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Democracy, elections, and rationality: An examination of the implications of social choice theory for the theory and practice of American government
Abstract
dc:descriptionArrow's Theorem implies that the problem of cyclical majorities is endemic any non-dictatorial system of preference aggregation that meets certain minimal conditions of fairness. The present study attempts to access the significance of this result to the theory and practice of democratic government.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Political Science
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Radcliff, Benjamin Franklin
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1991 Radcliff, Benjamin Franklin
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9136705
(UMI)AAI9136705 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23042