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Proportional representation [electronic resource] : apportionment methods and their applications / Friedrich Pukelsheim.

Pukelsheim, Friedrich, 1948-
2014
JF1071
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Title
Proportional representation [electronic resource] : apportionment methods and their applications / Friedrich Pukelsheim.
Author
Pukelsheim, Friedrich, 1948-
ISBN
9783319038568 (electronic book)
3319038567 (electronic book)
9783319038551
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-03856-8
Call Number
JF1071
Dewey Decimal Classification
328.3/347
519
Summary
The book offers a rigorous description of the procedures that proportional representation systems use to translate vote counts into seat numbers. Since the methodological analysis is guided by practical needs, plenty of empirical instances are provided and reviewed to motivate the development, and to illustrate the results. Concrete examples, like the 2009 elections to the European Parliament in each of the 27 Member States and the 2013 election to the German Bundestag, are analyzed in full detail. The level of mathematical exposition, as well as the relation to political sciences and constitutional jurisprudence makes this book suitable for special graduate courses and seminars.
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The book offers a rigorous description of the procedures that proportional representation systems use to translate vote counts into seat numbers. Since the methodological analysis is guided by practical needs, plenty of empirical instances are provided and reviewed to motivate the development, and to illustrate the results. Concrete examples, like the 2009 elections to the European Parliament in each of the 27 Member States and the 2013 election to the German Bundestag, are analyzed in full detail. The level of mathematical exposition, as well as the relation to political sciences and constitutional jurisprudence makes this book suitable for special graduate courses and seminars.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Exposing Methods: The 2009 European Parliament Elections.- Imposing Constitutionality: The 2009 Bundestag Election
From Reals to Integers: Rounding Functions, Rounding Rules.- Divisor Methods of Apportionment: Divide and Round
Quota Methods of Apportionment: Divide and Rank
Targeting the House Size: Discrepancy Distribution
Favoring Some at the Expense of Others: Seat Biases
Preferring Stronger Parties to Weaker Parties: Majorization
Securing System Consistency: Coherence and Paradoxes
Appraising Electoral Equality: Goodness-of-Fit Criteria
Tracing Peculiarities: Vote Thresholds and Majority Clauses.- Truncating Seat Ranges: Minimum-Maximum Restrictions.- Proportionality and Personalization: BWG 2013
Representing Districts and Parties: Double Proportionality.

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