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The Functions of Social Choice Theory

In: Social Choice Re-examined

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  • Kenneth J. Arrow

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Social choice theory was intended to provide a rational framework for decisions that, for whatever reason, have to be made collectively. The paradigmatic example was election of officials, but this was intended only to exemplify the issue. Indeed, the real purpose was to analyze policy decisions. A candidate was thought of primarily as an embodiment of policies.

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  • Kenneth J. Arrow, 1997. "The Functions of Social Choice Theory," International Economic Association Series, in: Kenneth J. Arrow & Amartya Sen & Kotaro Suzumura (ed.), Social Choice Re-examined, chapter 1, pages 3-9, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-25849-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25849-9_1
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    Cited by:

    1. John A. Weymark, 2011. "On Kolm’s Use of Epistemic Counterfactuals in Social Choice Theory," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: Marc Fleurbaey & Maurice Salles & John A. Weymark (ed.), Social Ethics and Normative Economics, pages 279-301, Springer.
    2. Iana Okhrimenko, 2021. "The Dichotomy of Procedural and Distributive Justice in the Theory of Social Choice," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(2), pages 207-226.
    3. Aki Lehtinen, 2011. "A welfarist critique of social choice theory," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 23(3), pages 359-381, July.

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