Democracy defended:
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1. Verfasser: Mackie, Gerry (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2003
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary political theory
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-467) and index
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 A long, dark shadow over democratic politics; 2 The doctrine of democratic irrationalism; 3 Is democratic voting inaccurate?; 4 The Arrow general possibility theorem; 5 Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of unrestricted domain; 6 Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of the independence of irrelevant alternatives; 7 Strategic voting and agenda control; 8 Multidimensional chaos; 9 Assuming irrational actors: the Powell amendment
A number of noted scholars have questioned the effectiveness and fairness of democratic voting. In this book Gerry Mackie confronts these doubts and examines their claims in detail, and finds that almost every one is erroneous. Mackie's book is a spirited and detailed defence of democratic governance
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 483 pages)
ISBN:0511062648
0511071108
9780511062643
9780511071102

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