Mathematics of Social Choice
Social Choice Theory is the study of methods of incorporating many individual preferences into a collective decision. The centerpiece of social choice theory is voting, but it also encompasses problems of compensation and fair division of resources. This post contains course resources from Moon Duchin’s Mathematics of Social Choice class, which focuses on the mathematical theory of voting, but also brings in topics from history, political science, civil rights, political philosophy, sociology, and psychology to provide context for, and explain limitations of, the mathematical approach.
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- Syllabus
- Course Website
- Homework Problems
- Handouts
- Activities
- Slides