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Introduction: issues in social choice and voting

In: Handbook of Social Choice and Voting

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  • Jac C. Heckelman
  • Nicholas R. Miller

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This Handbook provides an overview of interdisciplinary research related to social choice and voting that is intended for a broad audience. Expert contributors from various fields present critical summaries of the existing literature, including intuitive explanations of technical terminology and well-known theorems, suggesting new directions for research.

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  • Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller, 2015. "Introduction: issues in social choice and voting," Chapters, in: Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, chapter 1, pages 1-12, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    4. K. J. Arrow & A. K. Sen & K. Suzumura (ed.), 2002. "Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare," Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Elsevier, edition 1, volume 1, number 1.
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