Social Choice 2010-2011 Calendar
Week Week beginning Tuesday 90 minute slot Thursday 150 minute slot
Number Monday
1 28th February Session 1: Lecture Overview Session 2: Lecture How Can
of course Societies Choose (Part 1) Arrow's
Impossibility Theorem.
2 7th March Session 3: Lecture How Can Session 4: Lecture How Can
Societies Choose (Part 2) Societies Choose? (part 3)
Implications of Arrow's Can we derive a set of rules which
Impossibility Theorem. determine how society should
behave.
3 14th March Session 5: An Experiment on No session
‘acceptable’ axioms.
4 21st March Session 6: Lecture How Can Session 7: Lecture Game theory -
Societies Choose? (part 4) Strategic Decision Making: Game
Cardinal Utility Theory
5 28th March Session 8: An Experiment on Session 9: Public Goods theory.
Public Goods
6 4th April Session 10: Lecture: How do Session 11: Lecture How Do
we get round the free-rider Societies Choose (Part 1)
problem? We talk about
Collective Action.
7 11th April Session 12: Lecture How Do Session 13: Lecture How Do
Societies Choose (Part 2) Societies Choose (Part 3)
8 18th April Session 14: Lecture Social No session
Contract Theory (part 1)
9 25th April No session Session 15: Lecture Social Contract
Theory (part 2)
10 2nd May Session 16: Lecture Social Session 17: A Debate on David
Contract Theory (part 3) Cameron’s idea of the Big Society
11 9th May Session 18: Lecture An Session 19: Film “Bowling for
account of the writing of the Columbine”.
US Constitution.
12 16th May Session 20: Comparison of Session 21: Debate on the motion
different Constitutions, “This House Believes that Italy
particularly those of the US, should adopt the US Constitution”
France and Italy.
13 23rd May Session 21: Overview and Session 23: Overview, Revision
Conclusion and Assessment Preparation