Democratic Decision-making
Consensus Voting for Civic Society and Parliaments
Authors: Emerson, Peter
Free Preview- Provides a practical guide to democratic decision-making
- Compares voting procedures used in collective decision-making
- Highlights the advantages of a preferential points system of voting
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- About this book
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This book provides a practical guide to how groups of people, everywhere, from the local village council to the United Nations Security Council, can best make collective decisions. By comparing the many voting procedures used in democratic decision-making, it explains why win-or-lose binary voting can be inaccurate and divisive, while the more inclusive preferential points system of voting can be so much more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; indeed, it is a win-win methodology. The text, essential reading for anyone interested in fair and participatory collective decision-making, also compares the most common electoral systems.
- About the authors
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Peter Emerson is the director of the Belfast-based international NGO "The de Borda Institute" (Ireland). He has campaigned for inclusive governance since 1978. His publications include From Majority Rule to Inclusive Politics (Springer, 2016), Defining Democracy: Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance (2nd ed. in 2012, Springer) and Designing an All-Inclusive Democracy: Consensual Voting Procedures for Use in Parliaments, Councils and Committees (Springer, 2007).
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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The Problem
Pages 1-8
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Decision-Making
Pages 9-16
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The A-B-C-D of Voting
Pages 17-32
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Consensus Voting
Pages 33-40
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The Consequences of Consequences
Pages 41-51
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Democratic Decision-making
- Book Subtitle
- Consensus Voting for Civic Society and Parliaments
- Authors
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- Peter Emerson
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Political Science
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-52808-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-52808-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-52807-2
- Series ISSN
- 2191-5466
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIX, 99
- Number of Illustrations
- 15 b/w illustrations
- Topics
