Publisher's Synopsis
This book argues that game theory is a useful source of deep insight into politics. The author provides a comfortable introduction to game theory for students without advanced training in mathematics who might otherwise avoid the subject and applies the tools of game theory to simplified examples of interesting political phenomena including elections, legislative processes and international conflict. Ordeshook uses graphs, diagrams and figures to explain his points and includes exercises and problems for students to solve. The book should provide a useful background to game theory that will allow students to read most of the literature that makes use of a game theoretic analysis. The book will be of interest to students of international relations, strategic studies and political theory and will also appeal to students of business and economics who wish to learn how the tools of contemporary economic theory can be applied more broadly.
