| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Decision-making in Parliaments and Referendums -- Parliamentary and Presidential Elections -- Governance: From Power-dividing to Power-sharing -- Majority Voting in Belfast, Dublin and London -- Continental Europe -- Are We All Little Bolshevik? -- Asia, Where Voting was Invented -- Majoritarian Democracy -- the Catalyst of Populism |
| Summary |
This timely book presents a critique of binary majority rule and provides insights into why, in many instances, the outcome of a two-option ballot does not accurately reflect the will of the people. Based on the author's first-hand experience, majority-voting is argued to be a catalyst of populism and its divisive outcomes have prompted countless disputes throughout Europe and Asia. In like manner, simple majority rule is seen as a cause of conflict in war zones, and of dysfunction in so-called stable democracies. In order to safeguard democracy, an all-party power-sharing approach is proposed, which would make populism less attractive to voters and governments alike. In geographically arranged chapters, well-tested alternative voting procedures (e. g. non-majoritarian Modified Borda Count) are presented in case studies of Northern Ireland, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia, China, North Korea and Mongolia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 2, 2019) |
| Subject |
Majorities.
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Democracy.
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Populism.
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Democracy
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Majorities
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Populism
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Scrutin majoritaire.
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Démocratie.
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Populisme.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030202194 |
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3030202194 |
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3030202186 |
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9783030202187 |
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9783030202200 |
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3030202208 |
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9783030202217 |
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3030202216 |
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