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Collective Choice and Social Welfare

An Expanded Edition
  • Amartya Sen
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2017
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A classic since 1970, this study has been recognized for its groundbreaking role in integrating economics and ethics, and for its influence in opening up new areas of research in social choice. This expanded edition preserves the text of the original while presenting eleven new chapters of fresh arguments and results and a new introduction.

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Expanding on the early work of Condorcet, Pareto, Arrow, and others, Sen provides rigorous mathematical argumentation on the merits of voting mechanisms…For those with graduate training, it will serve as a frequently consulted reference and a necessity on one’s book shelf.
-- J. F. O’Connell Choice

There are many books that qualify as good, but it is a rare book that can be described as transformative. Straddling economics, philosophy, and logic, Amartya Sen’s Collective Choice and Social Welfare is widely recognized as a transformative and seminal work that shaped modern welfare economics…The publication of this classic after so many years, in an enlarged edition, is an occasion for celebration.
-- Kaushik Basu Indian Express

Trying to find a sober and rational voice amidst all of the nationalistic-inward-breast-beating-hysteria is getting increasingly more difficult. Thankfully, though, the Indian economist, Amartya Sen, is someone who has been providing a voice of reason—to think about how to build a fairer and more just society—for decades.
-- J. P. O’Malley Irish Examiner

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Contents

    v
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    Preface (1970)

    vii
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    New Preface (2017)

    x
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    Acknowledgements

    xxxiv
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    New Introduction (2017)

    1
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    1. Introduction

    45
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    1*. Preference Relations

    52
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    2. Unanimity

    67
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    2*. Collective Choice Rules and Pareto Comparisons

    74
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    3. Collective Rationality

    80
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    3*. Social Welfare Functions

    88
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    4. Choice Versus Orderings

    94
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    4*. Social Decision Functions

    100
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    5. Values and Choice

    105
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    5*. Anonymity, Neutrality and Responsiveness

    121
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    6. Conflicts and Dilemmas

    129
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    6*. The Liberal Paradox

    139
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    7. Interpersonal Aggregation and Comparability

    142
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    7*. Aggregation Quasi- Orderings

    159
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    8. Cardinality With or Without Comparability

    174
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    8*. Bargains and Social Welfare Functions

    182
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    9. Equity and Justice

    187
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    9*. Impersonality and Collective Quasi- Orderings

    210
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    10. Majority Choice and Related Systems

    220
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    10*. Restricted Preferences and Rational Choice

    234
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    11. Theory and Practice

    250
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    A1. Enlightenment and Impossibility

    269
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    A1*. Social Preference

    282
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    A2. Rationality and Consistency

    301
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    A2*. Problems of Social Choice

    313
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    A3. Justice and Equity

    337
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    A3*. Social Welfare Evaluation

    365
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    A4. Democracy and Public Engagement

    395
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    A4*. Votes and Majorities

    409
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    A5. The Idea of Rights

    420
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    A5*. Rights and Social Choice

    447
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    A6. Reasoning and Social Decisions

    453
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    Notes

    473
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    Bibliography

    491
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    Subject Index

    567
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    Name Index

    590
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974616
eBook ISBN: 9780674974616
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