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The Alcalde
As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."
Social Theory of International Politics
Develops a cultural theory of international politics which contrasts with the realist mainstream.
International Theory
Reinvestigates realism in the context of international relations through a dialogue between classical international theory and critical theoretical challenges to it. Essays in international theory are combined with writings in critical and postructuralist theories of international relations.
A Mathematical Look at Politics
What Ralph Nader's spoiler role in the 2000 presidential election tells us about the American political system. Why Montana went to court to switch the 1990 apportionment to Dean's method. How the US tried to use game theory to win the Cold War, and why it didn't work. When students realize that mathematical thinking can address these sorts of pres
Encyclopedia of Power
Collects 381 entries that discuss political science, international relations, and sociology.
Protest Vote
Protest Vote from the Political Science series uncovers the complex reasons behind electoral dissent. This essential guide explores why voters use ballots to express dissatisfaction, sparking change within democratic systems. It offers valuable insights for professionals, students, and anyone curious about the deeper layers of electoral dynamics. Chapters Overviews: 1: Protest Vote – Understand the power of protest voting to push electoral reform. 2: Approval Voting – Learn how approval voting can reshape electoral outcomes. 3: Electoral Fusion – Discover how minor parties influence major elections. 4: Disapproval Voting – Explore disapproval voting and its impact on voters. 5: Third...
Voting Paradox
"Voting Paradox," part of the "Political Science" series, dives deep into democratic decision-making, unraveling electoral dilemmas and anomalies in modern voting systems. It's an essential read for professionals, students, and enthusiasts seeking insights into the complexities of voting theory. 1: Paradox of voting - Challenges the notion of rational voting and its effectiveness. 2: Approval voting - Explores strategic complexities of casting positive votes. 3: Strategic voting - Reveals how voters use tactics to shape election outcomes. 4: Condorcet paradox - Examines majority preference contradictions in pairwise voting. 5: Condorcet method - Evaluates ways to resolve the Condorcet parado...
Information, Participation, and Choice
A review of the consequences for political science of Anthony Downs's seminal work.
The Reform Debates
This book looks at the state of British democracy and how it has been undermined by the power of money, changes in society and changes in the nature of politics. It argues that politics should belong to us all and that citizens should be sovereign. Ken Ritchie and guest contributors propose reforms, including changes to the electoral system, controlling the influence of corporate interests, regulating the media while protecting freedoms, replacing the monarchy with an elected head of state, defending human rights and giving the UK a written constitution.
Institutional Design and Voting Power in the European Union
Leading global experts in the field of politics and mathematics bring forth key insights on how voting power should be allocated between EU member states, and what the policy consequences are of any given institutional design. Close attention is paid to the practical implications of decision-making rules, the nature and distribution of power, and the most equitable ways to represent the preoccupations of European citizens both in the Council and European Parliament. Highly theoretical and methodologically advanced, this volume is set to enrich the debate on the future of the EU's institutional design. A valuable source of information to scholars of political science, European studies and law, as well as to people working on game theory, theory of voting and, in general, applications of mathematics to social science.
