The luck of the draw [electronic resource] : the role of lotteries in decision making /
by Stone, Peter.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199895120 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Lotteries | Decision making | Political science -- Decision makingOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: A prominent scholar once noted that lotteries in politics & society--to break vote ties, assign students to schools, draft people into the military, select juries--are 'at first thought absurd, & at second thought obvious.' Lotteries have been part of politics since the Greek & Roman times, & they are used widely in American politics today.
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A prominent scholar once noted that lotteries in politics & society--to break vote ties, assign students to schools, draft people into the military, select juries--are 'at first thought absurd, & at second thought obvious.' Lotteries have been part of politics since the Greek & Roman times, & they are used widely in American politics today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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