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Titre(s) : Majority decisions [Texte imprimé] : principles and practices / edited by Stéphanie Novak, Jon Elster
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge university press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-258 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1. Introduction / Stéphanie Novak and Jon Elster ; 2. Putting faith to the ballot
/ Olivier Christin ; 3. Nested majorities / Jon Elster ; 4. The issue of majority
in a federal system : constituent power and amendment of the federal compact / Olivier
Beaud ; 5. The reception of social choice theory by democratic theory / Gerry Mackie
; 6. What should 'majority decision' mean? / Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki ; 7.
The force of majority rule / Adrian Vermeule / 8. The tyranny and brutality of majority
rule / Jon Elster / 9. Two effects of a high threshold of qualified majority / Stéphanie
Novak ; 10. Democracy, judgment, and juries / Melissa Schwartzberg ; 11. Majority
rules in constitutional democracies / Pasquale Pasquino / 12. The majoritarian threat
to democracy : constitutional courts and the democratic pact / Samuel Issacharoff.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
"This book presents the most complete set of analytical, normative, and historical
discussions of majority decision making to date. One chapter critically addresses
the social-choice approach to majority decisions, whereas another presents an alternative
to that approach. Extensive case studies discuss majority voting in the choice of
religion in early modern Switzerland, majority voting in nested assemblies such as
the French Estates-General and the Federal Convention, majority voting in federally
organized countries, qualified majority voting in the European Union Council of Ministers,
and majority voting on juries. Other chapters address the relation between majority
decisions and cognitive diversity, the causal origin of majority decisions, and the
pathologies of majority decision making. Two chapters, finally, discuss the counter-majoritarian
role of courts that exercise judicial review. The editorial Introduction surveys conceptual,
causal, and normative issues that arise in the theory and practice of majority decisions"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Novak, Stéphanie (1977-....). Éditeur scientifique
Elster, Jon (1940-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Majorité (droit constitutionnel)
Démocratie
Élections
Philosophie politique
Science politique -- Histoire
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Études comparatives
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107054097. - ISBN 1107054095 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44345154s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44345154
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