Collective Choice and Social Welfare
- India: Penguin Book, 2017.
- vii,601p.
1. Introduction 1*. Preference relations 2. Unanimity 2*. Collective choice rules and pareto comparisons 3. Collective rationality 3*. Social welfare functions 4. Choice versus orderings 4*. Social decision functions 5. Values and choice 5*. Anonymity, neutrality and responsiveness 6. Conflicts and dilemmas 6*. The liberal paradox 7. Interpersonal aggregation and comparability 7*. Aggregation quasi-orderings 8. Cardinality with or without comparability 8*. Bargains and social welfare functions 9. Equity and justice 9*. Impersonality and collective quasi-orderings 10. Majority choice and related systems 10*. Restricted preferences and rational choice 11. Theory and practice