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Title
The punters' guide to democracy : what it is, sadly ; and what it could be, gladly / Peter Emerson.
ISBN
9783031069871 (electronic bk.)
3031069870 (electronic bk.)
9783031069864
3031069862
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xl, 135 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-06987-1 doi
Call Number
JF1001
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.6/5
Summary
This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims to show that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate; prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; highlight more inclusive and effective voting procedures; discuss electoral reforms for national parliaments and international forums like the UN Security Council and COP26/27. The book is written not just for academia, or for the politicians and journalists, or for other specialists; it is for the general public: for students still at school, for voters in society at large, and for activists in umpteen NGOs.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 19, 2022).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031069864
Chapter 1. AI, Artificial Incompetence The Ubiquitous Use of Binary Voting
Chapter 2. Oh Lord, Give Me Consensus, but not Yet Pluralism is Possible
Chapter 3. The Art and Science of Compromise
Chapter 4. The GOAT is a GNU Electing an All-party Power-sharing Executive
Chapter 5. "The People Have Voted the [Expletives]!" : Comparing Electoral Systems
Chapter 6. A Little Long History of Voting Systems
Chapter 7. A Consensual Milieu.
