Defining Democracy Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance

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 elect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emerson, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012, 2012
Edition:2nd ed. 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XXVIII, 192 p online resource
ISBN:9783642209048