MBS Colloquium Series

Political Sciences

"Evolution of the Social Contract"
Brian Skyrms
1996, Cambridge University Press
ISBN 0521555833 (paperback)

Race and Redistricting in the 1990
Bernard Grofman (ed.)
1998, New York: Agathon Press
ISBN: 0875861237

A collection covering legal and social science issues in the 1980s redistricting, with a focus on Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

A Unified Theory of Voting
Bernard Grofman with Samuel Merrill, III
1998 Agathon Press

Elections in Japan, Korea and Taiwan under the Single Non-Transferable Vote: The Comparative Study of an Embedded Institution
Bernard Grofman, Sung-Chull Lee, Edwin Winckler and Brian Woodall (eds.)
1999, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047210909X

The first in a series covering the world's major electoral systems viewed as politically embedded mechanisms: here the single non-transferable vote.

Elections in Australis, Ireland and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote
Shaun Bowler and Bernard Grofman (eds.)
2000, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472111590

The second in a series covering the world's major electtoral systems viewed as politically embedded mechanisms: here the single transferable vote and variations thereof. <><>

Legacies of the 1964 Civil Right Act.

Bernard Grofman (ed.)

2000, Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia
ISBN: 0813919215

A non-polemic collection devoted to understanding the real world consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Political Science as Puzzle Solving
Bernard Grofman (ed.)
2001, Ann arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472087231

Argues that debate in the abstract about rational choice versus constructivism vs cultural perspectives debate is misguided; rather we should focus on concrete empirical puzzles and try to come up with sensible and testable models and hypotheses.

The Evolution of Electoral and Party Systems in the Nordic Countries
Bernard Grofman Arend Lijphart (eds.)
2002, New York: Agathon/Algora Press
ISBN: 0875861393

The most recent book in a series covering the world's major electoral systems viewed as politically embedded mechanisms: here list methods of proportional representation.

Games Prisoners Play

Marek Kaminski
Princeton University Press
ISBN 0-691-11721-7

The Logic of Democracy:
Reconciling Equality, Deliberation, and Minority Protection
(Michigan Studies in Political Analysis) (Paperback)
Anthony McGann
2005, University of Michigan Press

A Unified Theory of Party Competition
Bernard Grofman

Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521836441

Behavioral Social Choice:
Probabilistic Models, Statistical Inference, and Applications
Michel Regenwetter, Bernard Grofman, A. A. J. Marley,
and Ilia Tsetlin

2006, New York : Cambridge University Press