William H. Riker
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William H. Riker's Degrees
- PhD Political Science Northwestern University
- Bachelors Political Science University of Chicago
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Harrison Riker was an American political scientist who is prominent for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped to establish University of Rochester as a center of behavioral revolution in political science.
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- A Theory of the Calculus of Voting (1968) (2411)
- The Theory of Political Coalitions. (1965) (2249)
- Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice (1982) (1201)
- The art of political manipulation (1987) (1188)
- Federalism: origin, operation, significance (1964) (889)
- An Introduction To Positive Political Theory (1973) (810)
- Implications from the Disequilibrium of Majority Rule for the Study of Institutions (1980) (797)
- The Two-party System and Duverger's Law: An Essay on the History of Political Science (1982) (767)
- The Strategy of Rhetoric: Campaigning for the American Constitution (1996) (321)
- The Heresthetics of Constitution-Making: The Presidency in 1787, with Comments on Determinism and Rational Choice (1984) (197)
- The Paradox of Vote Trading (1973) (179)
- Farquharson and Fenno: Sophisticated Voting and Home Style (1985) (160)
- The Number of Political Parties: A Reexamination of Duverger's Law (1976) (150)
- Asymmetric Information and the Coherence of Legislation (1987) (145)
- The Justification of Bicameralism (1992) (141)
- The Development Of American Federalism (1988) (128)
- Voting and the Summation of Preferences: An interpretive Bibliographical Review of Selected Developments During the Last Decade (1961) (128)
- An Assessment of the Merits of Selective Nuclear Proliferation (1982) (126)
- Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting: Heresthetic and Rhetoric in the Spatial Model (1990) (124)
- Perspectives on Positive Political Economy: Political science and rational choice (1990) (123)
- The Effects of Zoning and Externalities on the Price of Land: An Empirical Analysis of Monroe County, New York (1977) (122)
- Democracy in the United States (1954) (120)
- The Political Psychology of Rational Choice Theory (1995) (106)
- The Paradox of Voting and Congressional Rules for Voting on Amendments (1958) (105)
- Some Ambiguities in the Notion of Power (1964) (97)
- Empirical Studies in Institutional Change: A political theory of the origin of property rights: airport slots (1991) (92)
- The Choice of Voting Systems (1976) (88)
- The Senate and American Federalism (1955) (81)
- Bargaining in a Three-Person Game (1967) (71)
- Plurality and runoff systems and numbers of candidates (1989) (69)
- Constitutional Regulation of Legislative Choice: The Political Consequences of Judicial Deference to Legislatures (1988) (63)
- The Economic and Political Liberalization of Socialism: The Fundamental Problem of Property Rights (1993) (56)
- A Confrontation between the Theory of Social Choice and the Theory of Democracy (1981) (44)
- The first power index (1986) (37)
- Rational Behavior in Politics: Evidence from a Three Person Game (1970) (36)
- Soldiers of the States : the role of the National Guard in American democracy (1958) (34)
- Events and Situations (1957) (32)
- WEIGHTED VOTING: A MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR INSTRUMENTAL JUDGMENTS, (1966) (31)
- The lessons of 1787 (1987) (29)
- The merits of bicameralism (1992) (25)
- The Future of a Science of Politics (1977) (20)
- Asymmetric Information and The Coherence of Legislation: A Correction (1990) (20)
- Causes of Events (1958) (20)
- The Entry of Game Theory into Political Science (1992) (19)
- Comments on Vincent Ostrom's paper (1976) (19)
- A Theory of the Calculus of Voting (1968) (18)
- A political theory of regulation with some observations on railway abandonments (1982) (18)
- Modern Political Economy: The political economy of transformation: liberalization and property rights (1995) (18)
- Why Negative Campaigning Is Rational: The Rhetoric of the Ratification Campaign of 1787–1788 (1991) (15)
- The place of political science in public choice (1988) (14)
- The Efficient Secret: The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England . By Gary Cox. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 187p. $32.50. (1989) (14)
- Models of Coalition Formation in Voting Bodies (1972) (14)
- The Stability of Coalitions on Roll Calls in the House of Representatives (1962) (13)
- The Relation Between Structure and Stability in Federal Governments (1987) (12)
- Is "a New and Superior Process" Really Superior? (1979) (12)
- Dutch and American Federalism (1957) (10)
- Common Property and Private Property: The Case of Air Slots (1996) (10)
- Soldiers of the States (1979) (9)
- Political Trust as Rational Choice (1980) (8)
- The Citizen Army. (1958) (6)
- A Reply to Ordeshook and Rae (1980) (6)
- Anonymity and Rationality in the Essential Three-Person Game (1964) (5)
- Discussions and Reviews : Theory and science in the study of politics: a review (1965) (5)
- Comment on Butterworth, “A Research Note on the Size of Winning Coalitions” (1971) (4)
- Micropolitics and Macroeconomics: Discussion (1973) (4)
- Sidney George Fisher and the Separation of Powers During the Civil War (1954) (3)
- Democracy and Representation: A Reconciliation of Ball v. James and Reynolds v. Sims (1982) (3)
- The Invention of Centralized Federalism (1987) (2)
- The Federal Principle: A Journey Through Time in Quest of Meaning S. Rufus Davis Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978, pp. xi, 237 (1980) (2)
- The triviality of federalism (1970) (2)
- Book Review:The Economic Theory of Representative Governments Albert Breton (1975) (2)
- The Minimum Winning Coalition (1977) (1)
- Response to Tulis (1991) (1)
- The Origin of Federal Government (1987) (1)
- The study of local politics (1959) (1)
- Applications of Political Theory in the Study of Politics — Introduction (1992) (0)
- ROP volume 48 issue 4 Back matter (1986) (0)
- Brookings Publication Procedures (1961) (0)
- Comment on Radcliff's "Liberalism, Populism, and Collective Choice" (1993) (0)
- The Decline and Rise of the Militia (1987) (0)
- A Note on Numerology in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1959) (0)
- Explanation in Social Science . By Brown Robert. (Chicago: Aldine, 1963. Pp. viii, 198. $5.00.) (1964) (0)
- Comment on Baker, Direct Democracy and Discrimination: A Public Choice Perspective (1991) (0)
- APSA Council Minutes August 31, 1983, Chicago (1983) (0)
- Riker: Soldiers of the States: The Role of the National Guard in American Democracy (1958) (0)
- Nominating Committee Welcomes Suggestions (1987) (0)
- Presidential Action in Congressional Nominations (1987) (0)
- Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics . By Northrop F. S. C.. (New York: The Macmillan Co. 1960. Pp. x, 384 $6.50.) (1961) (0)
- APSA Committees (1978) (0)
- Book reviews (1991) (0)
- The 1956 Presidential Campaign . By Charles A. H. Thomson and Frances M. Shattuck. (Washington: The Brookings Institution. 1960. Pp. xv, 382. $5.00.) (1960) (0)
- Book Reviews (1933) (0)
- [no title] (1969) (0)
- APSA Council Minutes May 7, 1982 (1982) (0)
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