Mathematical theory of democracy / Andranik Tangian.
"The mathematical theory of democracy deals with selection of representatives who make decisions on behalf of the whole society. In this book, the notion of representativeness is operationalized with the index of popularity (the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Series: | Studies in choice and welfare.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "The mathematical theory of democracy deals with selection of representatives who make decisions on behalf of the whole society. In this book, the notion of representativeness is operationalized with the index of popularity (the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented on a number of issues) and the index of universality (the frequency of cases when the opinion of a majority is represented). These indices are applied to evaluate and study the properties of single representatives (e.g. president) and representative bodies (e.g. parliament, magistrate, cabinet, jury, coalition). To bridge representative and direct democracy, an election method is proposed that is based not on voting but on indexing candidates with respect to the electorate’s political profile. In addition, societal and non-societal applications are considered."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 615 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299860699 3642387241 9781299860698 9783642387241 |
| ISSN: | 1614-0311 |