<p>Start with:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0199565309" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A primer in Social Choice Theory, by Wulf Gaertner.</a></li>
</ul>

<p>If you want more, have a look at:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Welfare_Economics_and_Social_Choice_Theo/3TmW5ahsMLIC?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory by Allan Feldman and Roberto Serrano</a></li>
</ul>

<p>To dig deeper:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Social_Choice_and_Welfare/uFlFKcjKSkYC?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare
By A. Sen, Kotaro Suzumura</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Social_Choice_and_Voting/KrckCwAAQBAJ?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Handbook of Social Choice and Voting by Jac C. Heckelman, Nicholas R. Miller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Computational_Social_Choice/nMHgCwAAQBAJ?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Handbook of Computational Social Choice by Ariel D. Procaccia, Jérôme Lang, Felix Brandt, Vincent Conitzer, Ulle Endriss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Handbook_of_Rational_and_Social_Choi/YLUUDAAAQBAJ?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice by Clemens Puppe, Prasanta Pattanaik, Paul Anand</a></li>
</ul>

<p>For good or bad reasons, there are also entire books dedicated to the specific method of "approval voting" (which tend to discuss other methods as well as a way to enable comparisons):</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Approval_Voting/e7h7evxSclIC?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Approval Voting by Brams and Fishburn</a> </li>
<li>To dig deeper: <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_on_Approval_Voting/mQBEAAAAQBAJ?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Handbook of Approval Voting, by M. Remzi Sanver, Jean-François Laslier</a></li>
</ul>

<p>To branch out into the neighboring disciplines of mechanism and market design:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.masfoundations.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Multiagent Systems, Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations, by Yoav Shoham and Kevin Leyton-Brown</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.gtessentials.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Essentials of Game Theory, A Concise, Multidisciplinary Introduction, by Yoav Shoham and Kevin Leyton-Brown (some redundancies with previous reference)</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Auction_Theory/ZivKgkeEfuYC?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Auction Theory, by Krishna</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/market-design" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Market Design, Auction and Matching, by Haeringer</a> </li>
</ul>

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<p>I wanted to learn Social Choice Theory and have fine mathematical background. I have read about it as a part of advanced microeconomics (Jehle and Rene)- Arrow's Impossibility Theorem etc. and got intrigued by it.</p>

<p>What are some good books to read to know more about Social Choice Theory and in particular, the mathematics of voting systems?</p>

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Good books to learn social choice theory
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# Good books to learn social choice theory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-06)

I wanted to learn Social Choice Theory and have fine mathematical background. I have read about it as a part of advanced microeconomics (Jehle and Rene)- Arrow's Impossibility Theorem etc. and got intrigued by it.

What are some good books to read to know more about Social Choice Theory and in particular, the mathematics of voting systems?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-06. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Start with:

* [A primer in Social Choice Theory, by Wulf Gaertner.](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0199565309)

If you want more, have a look at:

* [Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory by Allan Feldman and Roberto Serrano](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Welfare_Economics_and_Social_Choice_Theo/3TmW5ahsMLIC?hl=en)

To dig deeper:

* [Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare
  By A. Sen, Kotaro Suzumura](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Social_Choice_and_Welfare/uFlFKcjKSkYC?hl=en)
* [Handbook of Social Choice and Voting by Jac C. Heckelman, Nicholas R. Miller](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Social_Choice_and_Voting/KrckCwAAQBAJ?hl=en)
* [Handbook of Computational Social Choice by Ariel D. Procaccia, Jérôme Lang, Felix Brandt, Vincent Conitzer, Ulle Endriss](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Computational_Social_Choice/nMHgCwAAQBAJ?hl=en)
* [The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice by Clemens Puppe, Prasanta Pattanaik, Paul Anand](https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Handbook_of_Rational_and_Social_Choi/YLUUDAAAQBAJ?hl=en)

For good or bad reasons, there are also entire books dedicated to the specific method of "approval voting" (which tend to discuss other methods as well as a way to enable comparisons):

* [Approval Voting by Brams and Fishburn](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Approval_Voting/e7h7evxSclIC?hl=en)
* To dig deeper: [Handbook of Approval Voting, by M. Remzi Sanver, Jean-François Laslier](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_on_Approval_Voting/mQBEAAAAQBAJ?hl=en)

To branch out into the neighboring disciplines of mechanism and market design:

* [Multiagent Systems, Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations, by Yoav Shoham and Kevin Leyton-Brown](http://www.masfoundations.org/)
* [Essentials of Game Theory, A Concise, Multidisciplinary Introduction, by Yoav Shoham and Kevin Leyton-Brown (some redundancies with previous reference)](http://www.gtessentials.org/)
* [Auction Theory, by Krishna](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Auction_Theory/ZivKgkeEfuYC?hl=en)
* [Market Design, Auction and Matching, by Haeringer](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/market-design)


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