Mathematical aspects of electoral systems

Basic Information

MI005 (1+0+1) - 3 ECTS credits

Students will be acquainted with some basic mathematical aspects of electoral systems, as for instance evaluation and designing of electoral systems, models of electoral systems, elementary methods of seat allocation and their properties, etc.

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Basic literature

  1. P.G.Cortona et al.: Evaluation and Optimization of Electoral Systems, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1999.
  2. J.K. Hodge and R.E. Klima: The mathematics of voting and elections : a hands-on approach, AMS, Providence, 2005.
  3. A.D.Taylor, A.M.Pacelli: Mathematics and Politics – Strategy, Voting, Power and Proof, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2008.
  4. Autorizirani nastavni materijali s predavanja.

 

Additional literature

Teaching materials

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