Defining Democracy: Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance

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Defining Democracy looks both at the theory of why and the history of how different voting procedures have come to be used – or not, as the case may be – in the three fields of democratic structures: firstly, in decision-making, both in society at large and in the elected chamber; secondly, in elections to and within those chambers; and thirdly, in the various forms of governance, from no-party to multi-party and all-party, which have emerged as a result. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Myths of Majority Rule....Pages 3-24 Pluralist Decision-Making....Pages 25-47 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Party-ocracies....Pages 51-74 The Candid Candidate....Pages 75-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 The Elected Dictator....Pages 101-119 Governance....Pages 121-135 Majoritarianism in Focus....Pages 137-142 The Dictators’ Referendums....Pages 143-150 The People Have Spoken....Pages 151-153 Won By One....Pages 155-161 Some Multi-Option Referendums....Pages 163-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-192