Positive Political Theory I : Collective Preference (Michigan Studies in Political Analysis)

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Summary: Gods of Thunder...
Review: ...and rock and roll. Austen-Smith and Banks rock so hard. THEY RULE

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Summary: exquisite balance of accessibility and rigor
Review: This book is a marvel. Austen-Smith and Banks have crafted a gem that should become standard fare for graduate-level study in political science.

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Summary: Are they trying to be esoteric?
Review: This is a rigorous text on social choice theory that is very helpful for graduate students. However, there is so little discussion on how different findings are applicable to the real world. Social choice theory raises important issues for political theory, but these are addressed minimally. A much better book for those who want to learn about social choice but without so much math is William Riker's Liberalism Against Populism.