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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Emerson, Peter J. (1943-....)
Titre(s) : Majority voting as a catalyst of populism [Texte électronique] : preferential decision-making for an inclusive democracy / Peter Emerson
Publication : Cham : Springer, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Sujet(s) : Scrutin majoritaire
Démocratie
Populisme
Indice(s) Dewey :
321.8 (23e éd.) = Gouvernement démocratique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783030202194. - ISBN 3030202194. - ISBN 9783030202187 (erroné). - ISBN 3030202186.
- ISBN 9783030202187. - ISBN 9783030202200. - ISBN 3030202208. - ISBN 9783030202217.
- ISBN 3030202216
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466317302
Notice n° :
FRBNF46631730
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
