Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism [electronic resource] : Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy / by Peter Emerson.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783030202194
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/16585
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2020.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XXXIX, 227 p. 33 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.
İçindekiler Notu
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.
Özet, vb.
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. .
Konu
Elections.
Political science.
Social choice.
Welfare economics.
Peace.
Electoral Politics.
Political Science.
Social Choice and Welfare.
Governance and Government.
Peace and Conflict Studies.