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Mathematical Theory of Democracy

By Andranik Tangian (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-642-38723-4, 978-3-642-38724-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-38724-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4683955 bytes)
Series
Studies in Choice and Welfare
Edition
1
Pages
615\629
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-10 18:58:35
Economic Theory; Political ScienceEconomicsgeneral; Game TheorySocial and Behav. Sciences; Public Finance & Econo

Description

The mathematical theory of democracy deals with selection of representatives who make decisions on behalf of the whole society. In this book, the notion of representativeness is operationalized with the index of popularity (the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented on a number of issues) and the index of universality (the frequency of cases when the opinion of a majority is represented). These indices are applied to evaluate and study the properties of single representatives (e.g. president) and representative bodies (e.g. parliament, magistrate, cabinet, jury, coalition). To bridge representative and direct democracy, an election method is proposed that is based not on voting but on indexing candidates with respect to the electorate’s political profile. In addition, societal and non-societal applications are considered.

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