Collective Choice and Social Welfare (Advanced Textbooks in Economics)

Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North Holland, 1984. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Advanced Textbooks in Economics Dark red boards with white titling on front and spine. Adhesive residue on rear end paper and pastedowns are scarred where a bookplate and sticker were removed. Text is unmarked. Binding is sound. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'The theory of collective choice belongs to several disciplines. Economics is one of them but not the only one. While this book is part of a series in 'mathematica economics texts' no attempt has been made to confine the treatment to economic problems exclusively. Indeed the approach of this book is based on the belief that the problem cannot be satisfactorily discussed within the confines of economics. While collective choice is a crucial aspect of economics (notably of welfare economics, planning theory and public economics), the subject relates closely to political science, in particular to the theory of the state and the theory of decision procedures. It also has important philosophical aspects, related to ethics and especially to the theory of justice.' -from the Preface. Includes bibliography, name index and subject index. Welfare economics, Social choice