Individual Preference as the Basis of Social Choice

Amartya Sen
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Chapter 2 in Social Choice Re-examined, 1997, pp 15-37 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Social choice theory is an analytical discipline which makes extensive use of axiomatic methods. Many of its strengths and weaknesses relate precisely to this analytical character, including the strength arising from its interpretational versatility and the weakness of a tendency towards formal neglect of substantive issues. The subject of this essay is this mixed pattern of virtues and vices.

Keywords: Social Choice; Individual Preference; Social Welfare Function; Game Form; Collective Choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25849-9_3

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