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Emerson, Peter.
Defining Democracy Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance / [electronic resource] : by Peter Emerson. - 2. - XXVIII, 192 p. online resource.
Foreword by Professor Arend Lijphart -- Part I: Decision-Making -- 1 The Myths of Majority Rule -- 2 Pluralist Decision-Maing -- Part II: Elections -- 3 "Party-ocracies" -- 4 The Candid Candidate -- Part III: The Art of Governance -- 5 The Elected Dictator -- 6 Governance -- Appendices -- Chronology -- References -- Index.
Defining Democracy looks both at the theory of why and the history of how different voting procedures have come to be used – or not, as the case may be – in the three fields of democratic structures: firstly, in decision-making, both in society at large and in the elected chamber; secondly, in elections to and within those chambers; and thirdly, in the various forms of governance, from no-party to multi-party and all-party, which have emerged as a result.
9783642209048
Social sciences.
Finance.
Social Sciences.
Political Science, general.
Public Finance & Economics.
JA1-92
320
Defining Democracy Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance / [electronic resource] : by Peter Emerson. - 2. - XXVIII, 192 p. online resource.
Foreword by Professor Arend Lijphart -- Part I: Decision-Making -- 1 The Myths of Majority Rule -- 2 Pluralist Decision-Maing -- Part II: Elections -- 3 "Party-ocracies" -- 4 The Candid Candidate -- Part III: The Art of Governance -- 5 The Elected Dictator -- 6 Governance -- Appendices -- Chronology -- References -- Index.
Defining Democracy looks both at the theory of why and the history of how different voting procedures have come to be used – or not, as the case may be – in the three fields of democratic structures: firstly, in decision-making, both in society at large and in the elected chamber; secondly, in elections to and within those chambers; and thirdly, in the various forms of governance, from no-party to multi-party and all-party, which have emerged as a result.
9783642209048
Social sciences.
Finance.
Social Sciences.
Political Science, general.
Public Finance & Economics.
JA1-92
320