Majority Voting As A Catalyst Of Populism

Author : Peter Emerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030202200
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism written by Peter Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Peter Emerson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031069870
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Punters' Guide to Democracy written by Peter Emerson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims to show that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate; prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; highlight more inclusive and effective voting procedures; discuss electoral reforms for national parliaments and international forums like the UN Security Council and COP26/27. The book is written not just for academia, or for the politicians and journalists, or for other specialists; it is for the general public: for students still at school, for voters in society at large, and for activists in umpteen NGOs. “...the West's relentless pursuit of binary voting... has been a cause of countless tragedies. This book is brilliant: political controversies should rarely if ever be 'resolved' by majority vote.” Arend Lijphart, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego “[for] those who do not believe in a black-or-white world... a very important and extremely timely contribution...” Věra Stojarová, Associate Professor of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic “Peter’s challenge to the binary “win-lose” approach is urgently necessary, as is his proposal for an eminently more reasonable, accountable, and participatory system.” Dr. Valery Perry, Democratization Policy Council, Sarajevo “...the preferential points vote... would be the more accurate way to make decisions, and the consequences far more peaceful.” Lord Boyce, House of Lords “He builds a case for a specific version of preferential procedure, not only for elections, but for decision making as well.” Hannu Nurmi, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland “A particularly strong plea in favour of voting procedures... which go far beyond the usual 'yes or no' ballots. [He uses] an alert prose and a wealth of illuminating and easily graspable examples.” Maurice Salles, Emeritus Professor, Université de Caen Normandie

Author : Peter Emerson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030202194
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism written by Peter Emerson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : John B. Judis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743254783
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emerging Democratic Majority written by John B. Judis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-02-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order.

Author : Manfred J. Holler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3882783133
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Munich Social Science Review (MSSR), Volume 4 written by Manfred J. Holler and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the discussion of the Dutch project of “improving democracy” of Munich Social Science Review (MSSR), Volume 3, and the theoretical and empirical analysis of the issue of democracy in general. It concludes with four shorter contributions discussing Katharina Kohl’s art work “Questioning the Personnel” (Personalbefragung) which, as pointed out by Claudia Postel, “refers to the relations of power in democracy. ...Through Katharina Kohl’s work, the NSU murder series and the collective failure of the institutions responsible for safeguarding democracy and its citizens have been rescued from oblivion to serve as a means of education and enlightenment – in the sense of strategic decisions for a future-orientated change management.” Dieser Band setzt die Diskussion des niederländischen Projekts, die „Demokratie zu verbessern“, aus Volume 3 der Munich Social Science Review (MSSR) fort und liefert einen generellen Beitrag zur theoretischen Analyse der Demokratie und demokratischer Institutionen. Er schließt mit vier kürzeren Artikeln zu Katherina Kohls künstlerischer Arbeit „Personalbefragung“. Diese Arbeit, so führt Claudia Postel in ihrem Artikel aus, „bezieht sich auf Machtbeziehungen in der Demokratie...Durch Katharina Kohls Arbeit, wird die NSU-Mordserie und das kollektive Versagen der Institutionen, die die Demokratie und die Bürger schützen sollten, vor dem Vergessen bewahrt, um so der Bewusstseinsmachung und der Aufklärung dienen zu können.

Author : Margaret Canovan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Populism written by Margaret Canovan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1981 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Emerson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030528081
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Decision-making written by Peter Emerson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Aluko, Opeyemi Idowu
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668486318
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insights and Explorations in Democracy, Political Unrest, and Propaganda in Elections written by Aluko, Opeyemi Idowu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy is a very important system of government found all over the world. A cardinal principle of democracy is periodic elections. Elections have various forms of propaganda at different levels, whether for unity, division, continuity, or another purpose. It is essential to research further into the developments in propaganda and political unrest so that global democracies may ensure credible elections and smooth governmental processes. Insights and Explorations in Democracy, Political Unrest, and Propaganda in Elections investigates how democratic governments can ensure credible elections in a peaceful atmosphere and an atmosphere of political unrest amidst various propagandas. The book assesses whether democratic peace is expected in all democracies despite the free occurrence of political unrest across many democratic societies in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Covering topics such as democratic accountability, political leadership, and youth marginalization, this premier reference source is an essential resource for government officials, public policy brokers, politicians, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Margaret Canovan
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745628222
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People written by Margaret Canovan and published by Polity. This book was released on 2005-09-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political myths surround the figure of the people and help to explain its influence; should the people itself be regarded as fictional? This original and accessible study sheds a fresh light on debates about popular sovereignty, and will be an important resource for students and scholars of political theory.

Author : Michael Hoelzl
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 184706132X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Visibility of Religion written by Michael Hoelzl and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of essays that brings together contributions from; theology, aesthetics, social and political science, philosophy and cultural theory to examine the surge in the public visibility of religion.