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Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism: Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy

Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism: Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy

Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism: Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy

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1st ed. 2020 edition 

by Peter Emerson (Author) 

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.  

Year 2020
Pages 250
Language English
Format PDF
Size 8 MB
ISBN-10 3030202186
ISBN-13 978-3030202187
ASIN B07YD8YHQY