The Measurement of Voting Power: Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes - Couverture rigide

Felsenthal, Dan S.; Machover, Moshé

 
9781858988054: The Measurement of Voting Power: Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1858988055 ISBN 13 : 9781858988054
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

This book is the first of its kind: a monograph devoted to a systematic critical examination and exposition of the theory of a priori voting power. This important branch of social-choice theory overlaps with game theory and is concerned with the ability of members in bodies that make yes or no decisions by vote to affect the outcome. The book includes, among other topics, a reasoned distinction between two fundamental types of voting power, the authors' discoveries on the paradoxes of voting power, and a novel analysis of decision rules that admit abstention.

Formal mathematical statements are accompanied by reader-friendly informal explanations. The theory is applied and illustrated in extensive case studies. A series of US court cases concerning the application of the principle of 'one person, one vote' are critically examined in the light of the theory. The history of 'qualified majority voting' in the European Community's Council of Ministers is outlined and the distribution of voting power under this rule is analysed for each period of the community's growth. The measurement of voting power where abstention is a distinct option is illustrated with the examples of the US Congress and the UN Security Council.

This important book breaks new ground and will be of interest to students and researchers in social choice, game theory, and in related disciplines such as political economy, business administration and constitutional law.

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À propos de l'auteur

The late Dan S. Felsenthal, formerly Professor of Political Science, Haifa University, Israel and Moshé Machover, Professor of Philosophy, King’s College, University of London, UK

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1858988055
ISBN 13 
9781858988054
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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