Democratic decision-making: consensus voting for civic society and parliaments

This book provides a practical guide to how groups of people, everywhere, from the local village council to the United Nations Security Council, can best make collective decisions. By comparing the many voting procedures used in democratic decision-making, it explains why win-or-lose binary voting c...

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1. Verfasser: Emerson, Peter J. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cham, Switzerland Springer [2021]
Schriftenreihe:SpringerBriefs in political science
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Zusammenfassung:This book provides a practical guide to how groups of people, everywhere, from the local village council to the United Nations Security Council, can best make collective decisions. By comparing the many voting procedures used in democratic decision-making, it explains why win-or-lose binary voting can be inaccurate and divisive, while the more inclusive preferential points system of voting can be so much more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; indeed, it is a win-win methodology. The text, essential reading for anyone interested in fair and participatory collective decision-making, also compares the most common electoral systems
Beschreibung:The Problem -- Decision-making -- The A-B-C-D of Voting -- Consensus Voting -- The Consequences of Consequences -- Comparing Decision-making Voting Procedures -- Comparing Electoral Systems
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 99 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9783030528089
ISSN:2191-5474
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-52808-9

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