Social Choice Theory: Decisions and Democracy, Unraveling the Fabric of Collective Preferences

Each chapter builds on the last, covering topics such as:

1. Social Choice Theory: Core concepts and significance in collective decision-making.

2. Condorcet Paradox: The issue of intransitive collective preferences.

3. Pareto Efficiency: Evaluating outcomes where no one can be better off without harming others.

4. Kenneth Arrow: Contributions to social choice theory.

5. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem: Challenges in creating a fair voting system.

6. Social Welfare Function: Aggregating individual preferences into collective decisions.

7. Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives: Ensuring choices are unaffected by irrelevant alternatives.

8. Gibbard–Satterthwaite Theorem: Limitations of strategic voting.

9. Welfare Economics: Improving social welfare through resource allocation.

10. Expected Utility Hypothesis: Decision-making to maximize expected utility.

11. Liberal Paradox: Tension between individual rights and collective decision-making.

12. Lexicographic Preferences: Ranking and decision-making processes.

13. Social Choice and Individual Values: Aligning personal preferences with collective decisions.

14. Quasitransitive Relation: Implications for preference aggregation.

15. Extended Sympathy: Understanding preferences and social choice.

16. Economic Justice: Relevance to equitable decision-making.

17. Preference (Economics): Modeling preferences and their impact.

18. Kevin W. S. Roberts: Contributions to social choice theory.

19. Prasanta Pattanaik: Influence on the field.

20. Jury Theorem: Conditions for accurate collective decisions.

21. Fractional Social Choice: Incorporating partial preferences into decision-making.

An invaluable resource for professionals, students, and enthusiasts, this book offers deep insights into social choice theory and its applications, making it a must-have for any political science library.