Voting paradoxes are unpleasant surprises encountered in elections. They pertain to such phenomena as additional support being detrimental for candidates and not voting leading to better outcomes than voting for some voters. No voting system is immune to all paradoxes and, therefore voting paradoxes are being dealt with by all voting systems currently in use. How they are and how they should be handled is the main subject of this book. The book outlines, explains and classifies a number of paradoxes: Borda's and Condorcet's classic ones, several monotonicity and compound majority paradoxes as well as some paradoxes of representation. Both theoretical and practical ways of avoiding them are discussed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783642085512
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178359187
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Hannu Nurmi
Publication Name
Voting Paradoxes and How to Deal with Them
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
154 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
260g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Hannu Nurmi
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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