The study of social choice as a formal discipline first came into its own in the late eighteenth century, when the subject was pioneered by French mathematicians, particularly J. C. Borda and Marquis de Condorcet.
El estudio de la elección social adquirió estatus de disciplina formal a fines del siglo XVIII, con los primeros trabajos de matemáticos franceses, en particular J. C. Borda y el Marqués de Condorcet.