Collective Choice and Social Welfare: An Expanded Edition
by Amartya Sen
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This book is concerned with the study of collective preference, in particular with the relationship between the objectives of social action and the preferences and aspirations of society's members. Professor Sen's approach is based on the assumption that the problem of collective choice cannot be satisfactorily discussed within the confines of economics. While collective choice forms a crucial aspect of economics, the subject pertains also to political science, the theory of the state, and show more to the theory of decision procedures. The author has therefore used material from these disciplines, plus show lessTags
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Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. His many books include Rationality and Freedom (Harvard).
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- 302.3 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Mass Communication & Media Social interaction within groups
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- HB99.3 .S45 — Social sciences Economic theory. Demography Economic theory. Demography History of economics. History of economic
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