Understanding Collective Decision Making: A Fitness Landscape Model Approach - Hardcover

Gerrits, Lasse; Marks, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783473142 ISBN 13: 9781783473144

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Collective decision making seems a straightforward matter: people come together and decide. But why is it that today's winners can turn into tomorrow's losers? Why can't you always get what you want? How does the interaction between the decision makers influence the outcome? And are opportunists better off than stubborn decision makers?

This book takes a refreshing look at collective decision making by using models of evolutionary biology and naturalistic decision making to analyse real-world cases. These cases include the rise and fall of the Dutch high-speed railway project and the unexpected effects of introducing public-private partnerships to connect the new Thai national airport to Bangkok. Gerrits and Marks successfully guide the reader towards an in-depth understanding through rich empirical research and uncover the beautiful complexity of collective decision making.

Understanding Collective Decision Making will be of great interest to academics working in public administration, political science and evolutionary theory. Public managers will also find this book helpful to understand why and how collective decisions are formed.

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About the Author

Lasse Gerrits, Professor Governance of Complex Urban Transformations, Academic Director, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Peter Marks, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783473142
• ISBN 13: 9781783473144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256