Constitutional calculus : the math of justice and the myth of common sense /

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Whether you are fascinated by history, math, social justice, or government, your interest will be piqued and satisfied by the convincing case Suzuki makes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suzuki, Jeff (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Representative government and representation > United States.
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics > United States.
Voting > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Probability
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
Probabilités.
Vote > États-Unis.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
probability.
Mathematical statistics
Probabilities
Representative government and representation
Social justice
Voting
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: condorcet's dream
  • The articles of the constitution
  • Stand up and be estimated
  • (Nearly) equal representation
  • Weighting for a fair vote
  • The impossibility of democracy
  • Dragons and dummymanders
  • The worst way to elect a president, except for all the rest
  • The Bill of Rights
  • Stop and frisk : the inefficiency of racism
  • Reverend thomas bayes and the law
  • "The man of statistics"
  • Despair over disparity
  • Once is an accident
  • 6 5 10 n-angry men
  • The peril and promise of social network analysis
  • Strikes for three strikes
  • The price of punishment
  • Epilogue: the constitutional equation
  • Notes
  • Selected topical bibliography
  • Index.

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