Authors: Giuseppe Munda
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Expounds the need to bring together differing scientific languages
Establishes a clear relationship between social and public choice on one hand and multiple criteria decision analysis on the other
The treatment of technical uncertainty (both stochastic and fuzzy) is explored in depth
The real world is characterized by deep complexity. May be a rather unremarkable observation, yet it has important implications on the manner policy problems are represented and decision-making is framed. Is contemporary democracy compatible with science in real-world policy-making? This book gives answers in the affirmative. It also asserts that this congruence can have positive implications not only in terms of economic prosperity but also when dealing with the difficult sustainability policy problems of our millennium. To address contemporary issues economic science will have to expand its empirical relevance by introducing more and more realistic assumptions to its models. One of the most interesting research orientations in recent times in the field of public economics is the explicit attempt to take account of political constraints, interest groups and collusion effects. One of the main novelties of this book is its establishment of a clear relationship between social and public choice theories on one hand, and multiple criteria decision analysis on the other. The pioneering research developed by Arrow and Raynaud (1986) has shown that the relationships between multi-criteria decision theory and social choice are clear and relevant. The main directions of cross-fertilization between these research fields are twofold: 1. Multi-criteria decision theory can be an adequate framework for applied social (and public) choice. 2. Social choice can produce interesting theoretical results for ensuring the ax- matic consistency needed by multi-criterion aggregation conventions.
Table of contents
Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
Methodological Foundations and Operational Consequences of Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMCE)
Introduction
Pages 3-17
Dealing with a Complex World: Multiple Dimensions, Values and Scales
Pages 19-34
Operationalizing Technical and Social Incommensurability in an SMCE Framework
Pages 35-54
Consistency in Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation
The Issue of Consistency: Basic Methodological Concepts
Pages 57-84
The Issue of Consistency: Basic Discrete Multi-Criteria “Methods”
Pages 85-110
The Issue of Consistency: Lessons Learned from Social Choice Literature
Pages 111-129
Searching for the “Technical Compromise Solution”: Solving the Discrete Multi-Criterion Problem in an SMCE Framework
Pages 133-161
Searching for the “Social Compromise Solution”: A Conflict Analysis Procedure for Illuminating Distributional Issues
Pages 163-180
Conclusions
Pages 181-184
Back Matter
Pages 185-210
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