Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage / / by Oscar H. Gandy Jr |
Autore | Gandy Oscar H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/12 |
Soggetto topico |
Discrimination
Social stratification Statistics - Social aspects Chance - Social aspects statistics human development social sciences |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-16407-5
1-282-38286-1 9786612382864 0-7546-9914-5 9780754699149 |
Classificazione | 28.08.12 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455557303321 |
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Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 | ||
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Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage / / by Oscar H. Gandy Jr |
Autore | Gandy Oscar H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/12 |
Soggetto topico |
Discrimination
Social stratification Statistics - Social aspects Chance - Social aspects statistics human development social sciences |
ISBN |
1-317-16408-3
1-315-57275-3 1-317-16407-5 1-282-38286-1 9786612382864 0-7546-9914-5 |
Classificazione | 28.08.12 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778542703321 |
Gandy Oscar H
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Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage / / by Oscar H. Gandy Jr |
Autore | Gandy Oscar H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/12 |
Soggetto topico |
Discrimination
Social stratification Statistics - Social aspects Chance - Social aspects statistics human development social sciences |
ISBN |
1-317-16408-3
1-315-57275-3 1-317-16407-5 1-282-38286-1 9786612382864 0-7546-9914-5 |
Classificazione | 28.08.12 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817476803321 |
Gandy Oscar H
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Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lotteries in public life [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited and introduced by Peter Stone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [England], : Andrews UK, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonePeter |
Collana | Sortition and Public Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Lotteries
Chance - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-44547-6
9786613445476 1-84540-323-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Peter Stone, Introduction; Body Matter; Vilhelm Aubert, Chance in Social Affairs; Dael Wolfle, Chance, or Human Judgment?; Dennis C. Mueller, Robert D. Tollison and Thomas D. Willett, Representative Democracy via Random Selection; Hank Greely, The Equality of Allocation by Lot; George Sher, What Makes a Lottery Fair?; Barbara Goodwin, Justice and the Lottery; Richard G. Mulgan, Lot as a Democratic Device of Selection; Lewis A. Kornhauser and Lawrence G. Sager, Just Lotteries; Torstein Eckhoff, Lotteries in Allocative Situations
Fredrik Engelstad, The Assignment of Political Office by LotWillem K.B. Hofstee, Allocation by Lot: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis; John Broome, Fairness; David Wasserman, Let Them Eat Chances: Probability and Distributive Justice; Sigmund Knag, Let's Toss for It: A Surprising Curb on Political Greed; Back Matter; Also Available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461857603321 |
[England], : Andrews UK, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lotteries in public life [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited and introduced by Peter Stone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [England], : Andrews UK, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonePeter |
Collana | Sortition and Public Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Lotteries
Chance - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-44547-6
9786613445476 1-84540-323-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Peter Stone, Introduction; Body Matter; Vilhelm Aubert, Chance in Social Affairs; Dael Wolfle, Chance, or Human Judgment?; Dennis C. Mueller, Robert D. Tollison and Thomas D. Willett, Representative Democracy via Random Selection; Hank Greely, The Equality of Allocation by Lot; George Sher, What Makes a Lottery Fair?; Barbara Goodwin, Justice and the Lottery; Richard G. Mulgan, Lot as a Democratic Device of Selection; Lewis A. Kornhauser and Lawrence G. Sager, Just Lotteries; Torstein Eckhoff, Lotteries in Allocative Situations
Fredrik Engelstad, The Assignment of Political Office by LotWillem K.B. Hofstee, Allocation by Lot: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis; John Broome, Fairness; David Wasserman, Let Them Eat Chances: Probability and Distributive Justice; Sigmund Knag, Let's Toss for It: A Surprising Curb on Political Greed; Back Matter; Also Available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789736503321 |
[England], : Andrews UK, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lotteries in public life [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited and introduced by Peter Stone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [England], : Andrews UK, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonePeter |
Collana | Sortition and Public Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Lotteries
Chance - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-44547-6
9786613445476 1-84540-323-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Peter Stone, Introduction; Body Matter; Vilhelm Aubert, Chance in Social Affairs; Dael Wolfle, Chance, or Human Judgment?; Dennis C. Mueller, Robert D. Tollison and Thomas D. Willett, Representative Democracy via Random Selection; Hank Greely, The Equality of Allocation by Lot; George Sher, What Makes a Lottery Fair?; Barbara Goodwin, Justice and the Lottery; Richard G. Mulgan, Lot as a Democratic Device of Selection; Lewis A. Kornhauser and Lawrence G. Sager, Just Lotteries; Torstein Eckhoff, Lotteries in Allocative Situations
Fredrik Engelstad, The Assignment of Political Office by LotWillem K.B. Hofstee, Allocation by Lot: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis; John Broome, Fairness; David Wasserman, Let Them Eat Chances: Probability and Distributive Justice; Sigmund Knag, Let's Toss for It: A Surprising Curb on Political Greed; Back Matter; Also Available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810011403321 |
[England], : Andrews UK, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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