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Hardback. This book argues that strange election outcomes should become less likely as voters' preferences become more mutually coherent. It also focuses on the Condorcet Criterion, which states that pairwise majority rule winner should be chosen as the election winner. Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCH; KFFD; PBUD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642031069
- ISBN
- 9783642031069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.18
€ 157.18
Paperback. This book argues that strange election outcomes should become less likely as voters' preferences become more mutually coherent. It also focuses on the Condorcet Criterion, which states that pairwise majority rule winner should be chosen as the election winner. Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCH; KFFD; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642266102
- ISBN
- 9783642266102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.98
€ 150.98
Hardback. How voting paradoxes are handled and how they should be handled is the focus of this book. It outlines, explains and classifies a number of paradoxes: Borda's and Condorcet's classic ones, several monotonicity and compound majority paradoxes, as well as some paradoxes of representation. Num Pages: 154 pages, 64 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540662365
- ISBN
- 9783540662365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.03
€ 194.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, 64 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642085512
- ISBN
- 9783642085512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.71
€ 191.71
Hardcover. Voting Power and Procedures Editor(s): Fara, Rudolf; Leech, Dennis; Salles, Maurice (Duke University, North Carolina). Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare. Num Pages: 407 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319051574
- ISBN
- 9783319051574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.92
€ 120.92
Hardback. This volume deals with how uncertainty can be dealt with in models of voting procedures. Using the 2001 American presidential elections as an example, it demonstrates the extremely large variation in voter opinions that would have resulted in the same observed outcome. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 44 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540433521
- ISBN
- 9783540433521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 44 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KJT; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642535000
- ISBN
- 9783642535000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.33
€ 118.33
Paperback. At various times in US history, the right to vote has been granted or denied on the basis of such criteria as wealth, gender, ethnicity, and race. Introduces the reader to the history of vote denial and dilution and the landmark court opinions that both created and ended these practices. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207417
- ISBN
- 9780872207417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.54
€ 24.99
€ 18.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116846
- ISBN
- 9780691116846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.57
€ 93.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075254
- ISBN
- 9780252075254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319394640
- ISBN
- 9783319394640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 70 pages, 30 colour profiles, 1 or 2 page each. 50 mono photos. BIC Classification: HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 70
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848844087
- ISBN
- 9781848844087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.35
€ 35.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices such as what accent or dialect to use offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470659922
- ISBN
- 9780470659922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.10
€ 44.10
Hardback. Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices such as what accent or dialect to use offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470659915
- ISBN
- 9780470659915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.55
€ 117.55
Hardcover. This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier. Illustrator(s): Rhodes, Richard. Num Pages: 401 pages, 84 figures, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080027
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Paperback. An account of horrific human rights abuses in international shipping. Argues for the rights of seafarers, and international regulation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPVH; KCF; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315409
- ISBN
- 9780745315409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.10
€ 40.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. As new nations emerge in the Pacific Islands region, political change is everywhere marked by efforts to reconceptualize identities, histories, and futures. This volume brings together a diverse range of analysis and commentary that aim to challenge simplistic paradigms of "area study". Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500440
- ISBN
- 9780742500440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.61
€ 208.61
Paperback. When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible. Drawing on interviews with the combatants, Falklands residents and British High Command, this book takes us to the beating heart of the legendary raid. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552152297
- ISBN
- 9780552152297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 b+w/colour photos + 100 b+w illustrations/line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1092. V-Force Aircraft and Weapons Projects Since 1945. 176 pages, 100 b+w/colour photos + 100 b+w illustrations/line drawings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HB; JWG. Dimension: 299 x 217 x 27. Weight: 1084.
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109176
- ISBN
- 9781902109176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.58
€ 40.99
€ 28.58
Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Afr...
Tadele, Getnet, Kloos, Helmut
Hardcover. This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Editor(s): Tadele, Getnet; Kloos, Helmut. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFH2; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009944
- ISBN
- 9781137009944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95