Author : Dan S. Felsenthal
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
This work measures a priori voting power in social choice theory, presenting a systematic and critical examination of a priori voting, and analyzing the foundations and methodological assumptions underlying the theory. At the same time, it presents case study examples.
Author : Manfred J Holler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642359299
The developments over a thirty-year time span in the study of power, especially voting power, are traced in this book, which provides an up-to-date overview of applications of n-person game theory to the study of power in multimember bodies. Other theories that shed light on power distribution (e.g. aggregation theory) are treated as well. The book revisits the themes discussed in the well-known 1982 publication "Power, Voting and Voting Power" (edited by Manfred J. Holler). Thirty years later this essential topic has been taken up again and many of the authors from its predecessor participate here again in discussing the state-of-the-art, demonstrating the achievements of three decades of intensive research, and pointing the way to key issues for future work.
Author : Paolo Serafini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3030383687
This book explains, in a straightforward way, the foundations upon which electoral techniques are based in order to shed new light on what we actually do when we vote. The intention is to highlight the fact that no matter how an electoral system has been designed, and regardless of the intentions of those who devised the system, there will be goals that are impossible to achieve but also opportunities for improving the situation in an informed way. While detailed descriptions of electoral systems are not provided, many references are made to current or past situations, both as examples and to underline particular problems and shortcomings. In addition, a new voting method that avoids the many paradoxes of voting theory is described in detail. While some knowledge of mathematics is required in order to gain the most from the book, every effort has been made to ensure that the subject matter is easily accessible for non-mathematicians, too. In short, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the meaning of voting.
Author : Christina Wolbrecht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1107187494
Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.
Author : Rudolf Fara
Publisher : Springer
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 331905158X
This collection of essays honouring Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover reconsiders foundational aspects of the measurement of voting power. The specific case of voting power in two-tier systems - for instance the US system and the EU system - is analysed. Furthermore major power indices - Penrose, Banzhaf, Shapley-Shubik and others are revisited. The book proposes new voting procedures and studies well-known procedures and/or apportionment methods either from a technical or historical point of view.
Author : Barry C. Burden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107066670
This book brings leading scholars together to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective.
Author : Keith Dowding
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 21,61 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1452266417
Request a free 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub.com/freetrial Power is a central concept in many disciplines in the social sciences, including political science, sociology, social-psychology, organization studies, urban politics and planning. This encyclopedia provides a much needed authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the use of power in those different discourses, enabling the different language communities to learn from each other. It provides a compendium of the concepts that build the ways in which power is conceptualized and provides analyses of related concepts. It also provides a sourcebook for those interested in studying power, and it cross references the many insights that have been provided by theorists over the years. With comprehensive coverage of the use of power in the social sciences, the encyclopedia serves as a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex ways in which power has been used. It also provides a reference for debates central to the issues of power in different contexts and for related topics, showing how these disparate topics are related to power. Key Themes - Biography - Concepts Related to Power - Decisions and Game Theory - Institutional Issues - International Relations - Interpersonal Relationships - Intrapersonal Matters - Key Debates - Methodological Issues - Political Science - Political Theory - Social Psychology - Social Theory - Theories of Power - Types of Power - Urban Studies
Author : Alberto Simpser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107311322
Why do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of transmitting or distorting information. This manipulation conveys an image of strength, shaping the behavior of citizens, bureaucrats, politicians, parties, unions and businesspeople to the benefit of the manipulators, increasing the scope for the manipulators to pursue their goals while in government and mitigating future challenges to their hold on power. Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections provides a general theory about what drives electoral manipulation and empirically documents global patterns of manipulation.
Author : Jan E. Leighley
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0199604517
The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today
Author : Gerardo L. Munck
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801896509
Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L. Munck’s constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice. Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States, Munck's discussion bridges the theories of academia with practical applications. In proposing a more open and collaborative relationship between theory and action, he makes the case for reassessing how democracy is measured and encourages fundamental changes in methodology. Munck’s field-tested framework for quantifying and qualifying democracy is built around two instruments he developed: the UN Development Programme’s Electoral Democracy Index and a case-by-case election monitoring tool used by the OAS. Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.
