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Majority voting as a catalyst of populism : preferential decision-making for an inclusive democracy / Peter Emerson.

9783030202194 (electronic book)
3030202194 (electronic book)
9783030202187

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20219-4
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20

Cham : Springer, [2020]

©2020

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-20219-4 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-20

JF1051 .E44 2020eb

321.8

This timely book presents a critique of binary majority rule and provides insights into why, in many instances, the outcome of a two-option ballot does not accurately reflect the will of the people. Based on the author's first-hand experience, majority-voting is argued to be a catalyst of populism and its divisive outcomes have prompted countless disputes throughout Europe and Asia. In like manner, simple majority rule is seen as a cause of conflict in war zones, and of dysfunction in so-called stable democracies. In order to safeguard democracy, an all-party power-sharing approach is proposed, which would make populism less attractive to voters and governments alike. In geographically arranged chapters, well-tested alternative voting procedures (e. g. non-majoritarian Modified Borda Count) are presented in case studies of Northern Ireland, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia, China, North Korea and Mongolia.

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