Smarter Ballots Electoral Realism and Reform /

• Main Author: Maloy, J.S (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Elections, Voting, Technology
• Subjects: Elections.; Democracy.; Political science.; Electoral Politics.; Governance and Government.

This book presents a new democratic theory of election reform, using the tradition of political realism to interrogate and synthesize findings from global elections research and voting theory. In a world of democratic deficits and uncivil societies, political researchers and reformers should priorit...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Electoral Dysfunction and Political Realism
• 2. What Research Reveals: Deficits of Electoral Accountability
• 3. What Research Overlooks: Voters' Dilemma of Disempowerment
• 4. Lessons from Theory: The Blunted Blade of One-Mark Ballots
• 5. Lessons from Experience: The Cutting Edge of Ranking and Grading Ballots
• 6. America Re-Votes, 2016: Retrospective Simulations with Smarter Ballots
• 7. Conclusion: A Realist's Agenda for Research and Reform.