Power, Voting, and Voting Power
Any normative theory of democracy involves notions of equity, which are supposed to guide collective decisions. On the other hand, a descriptive theory of any decision-making body must take into account the distribution of power in that body. The development of collective decision theory along two d...
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Heidelberg
Physica
1982, 1982
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- An Introduction to the Analysis of Power, Voting, and Voting Power
- 2. The Idea of Power
- Power in Game Forms
- A Philosophical View of Power
- Power and Profit in Hierarchical Organizations
- Equivalent Concepts of Power in Voting Games
- Attribution and Social Power
- Power: An Amorphous Term — Diverse Conceptual Approaches
- 3. Formal Analysis of Representation and Voting Procedures
- Proportional Representation and Effective Number of Parties in Finland
- The Relationship Between Voting and Party Strength in an Electoral System
- Manipulation of the Agenda by Strategic Voting: Separable and Nonseparable Preferences
- Order-of-Voting Effects
- Strategic Voting in Multicandidate Elections under Uncertainty and under Risk
- Electoral Rules and Rational Voting: The Effects of Candidate Viability Perceptions on Voting Decisions
- 4. Concepts of Power Measurement
- The Problem of the Right Distribution of Voting Power
- An Axiomated Family of Power Indices for Simple n-Person Games
- Measuring Power in Voting Bodies: Linear Constraints, Spatial Analysis, and a Computer Program
- Modification of the Banzhaf-Coleman Index for Games with A Priori Unions
- Power and Satisfaction in an Ideologically Divided Voting Body
- Power in an Ideological Space
- Measuring Power
- 5. The Empirical Approach
- Party Power and Government Formation: A Case Study
- The Distribution of Power in Specific Decision-Making Bodies
- Political Geography and Political Power
- Regional Power Allocation: The Problem of British Devolution
- The Paradox of Redistribution: Some Theoretical and Empirical Results