Product ID: 99386
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Undergraduate
High School
An Application of Voting Theory to Congress (UMAP)
Author: James M. Enelow
The purpose of this module is to allow students to gain an understanding of how a simple theory of voting can be used to analyze strategic voting in Congress.
Table of Contents:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. AN EXPECTED UTILITY THEORY OF SOPHISTICATED VOTING
3. THE MATHIAS AMENDMENT TO THE 1966 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
4. THE SALT II TREATY
5. CONCLUSION
6. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
©1980 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
22 pages
Mathematics Topics:
Discrete & Finite Mathematics
Application Areas:
Social Studies , Voting Theory
Prerequisites:
High school algebra; elementary probability theory; elementary utility theory; ability to understand tree diagrams
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