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The Measurement of Voting Power - Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes (Hardcover)
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The Measurement of Voting Power - Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes (Hardcover)
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This book is the first of its kind: a monograph devoted to a
systematic critical examination and exposition of the theory of a
priori voting power. This important branch of social-choice theory
overlaps with game theory and is concerned with the ability of
members in bodies that make yes or no decisions by vote to affect
the outcome. The book includes, among other topics, a reasoned
distinction between two fundamental types of voting power, the
authors' discoveries on the paradoxes of voting power, and a novel
analysis of decision rules that admit abstention. Formal
mathematical statements are accompanied by reader-friendly informal
explanations. The theory is applied and illustrated in extensive
case studies. A series of US court cases concerning the application
of the principle of 'one person, one vote' are critically examined
in the light of the theory. The history of 'qualified majority
voting' in the European Community's Council of Ministers is
outlined and the distribution of voting power under this rule is
analysed for each period of the community's growth. The measurement
of voting power where abstention is a distinct option is
illustrated with the examples of the US Congress and the UN
Security Council. This important book breaks new ground and will be
of interest to students and researchers in social choice, game
theory, and in related disciplines such as political economy,
business administration and constitutional law.
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