Electoral Systems Paradoxes, Assumptions, and Procedures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Felsenthal, Dan S. (Editor), Machover, Moshé (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare,
• Subjects: Political science.; Political philosophy.; Game theory.; Constitutional law.; Welfare economics.; Economics.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.; Political Science.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Political Philosophy.; Constitutional Law.

Both theoretical and empirical aspects of single- and multi-winner voting procedures are presented in this collection of papers. Starting from a discussion of the underlying principles of democratic representation, the volume includes a description of a great variety of voting procedures. It lists a...

Table of Contents:

• Representative Electoral Systems - Underlying Assumptions and Decision Rules
• Paradoxes Afflicting Electoral  Procedures and Their Expected Probability
• Theory and Practice - Additional Considerations in Selecting a Voting Procedure.