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Game theory and Canadian politics
"This is the first book-length application of game theory to Canadian politics. It uses a series of case studies to illustrate fundamental concepts of game theory such as two-person and n-person games, the Nash equilibrium, zero-sum and variable-sum games, the paradox of voting, the Condorcet winner, the Condorcet extension, the Banzhaf power index, and spatial models of competition. No mathematics more complex than simple algebra is required to follow the exposition." "This book is intended to show what game theory can add to the philosophical, institutional, and behavioural approaches that have dominated previous works on Canadian politics."--Jacket
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In: Canadian review of studies in nationalism: Revue canadienne des études sur le nationalisme, Band 25, Heft 1-2, S. 174
ISSN: 0317-7904
The Staying Power of the Legislative Status Quo: Collective Choice in Canada's Parliament after Morgentaler
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 31-53
ISSN: 1744-9324
AbstractRational choice theory has drawn attention to the phenomenon of structure-induced equilibrium in situations of potential cycling. When there is no majority, first preference or Condorcet winner, the outcome is determined by agenda control and institutional rules of decision making. Within that context, the status quo has a special advantage because of the parliamentary amendment procedure, in which the status quo, as the default option to the bill in formal form, is not voted upon until the last stage. The unsuccessful attempts of the Canadian government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to respond legislatively to the Supreme Court's Morgentaler decision illustrate these general principles of rational choice. The government was unable to get legislation passed because, with cyclical configurations of opinion in both the House of Commons and the Senate, institutional rules, especially the order of voting required by the parliamentary amendment procedure, favoured the status quo.
The Staying Power of the Legislative Status Quo: Collective Choice in Canada's Parliament after Morgentaler
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 31-54
ISSN: 0008-4239
Anthropology, Public Policy and Native Peoples in Canada
In: Canadian review of studies in nationalism: Revue canadienne des études sur le nationalisme, Band 23, Heft 1-2, S. 174-175
ISSN: 0317-7904
The politics of the millennium
In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 164-175
ISSN: 1556-1836
Adhesion to Canadian Indian Treaties and the Lubicon Lake Dispute
In: Canadian journal of law and society: Revue canadienne de droit et société, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 185-205
ISSN: 1911-0227
AbstractResearch shows that adhesions to the numbered treaties were of two types: "internal" and "external." In an internal adhesion, a band living within the previously ceded area agreed to the terms of the treaty, and no new transfer of land was involved. In an external adhesion, a band living outside the previously ceded area agreed to the terms of the treaty, thus adding a previously unceded piece of territory to the treaty area.This distinction is essential to understanding the long-running Lubicon Lake dispute. From the federal government's point of view, all of northern Alberta was ceded in Treaty Eight; so the Lubicons, who live within this area, are entitled to make only an internal adhesion. In contrast, the Lubicons claim to live on unceded land and thus demand to make an external adhesion. Their claim to possess unextinguished aboriginal title to a specific tract of land is used to justify demands for compensation that would not be paid in the case of an internal adhesion.
Judges and Judging: Inside the Canadian Judicial System Peter McCormick and Ian Greene Toronto: James Lorimer, 1990, xii + 272 pp
In: Canadian journal of law and society: Revue canadienne de droit et société, Band 6, S. 211-212
ISSN: 1911-0227
Three perspectives on school reform
In: New directions for program evaluation: a quarterly sourcebook, Band 1993, Heft 59, S. 95-101
ISSN: 1534-875X
AbstractSchool reform has deeply affected the education and business communities in Chicago. In this chapter, three prominent Chicagoans assess reform and its impact.