Voting Power and Procedures Essays in Honour of Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover

This collection of essays honouring Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover reconsiders foundational aspects of the measurement of voting power. The specific case of voting power in two-tier systems - for instance the US system and the EU system - is analysed. Furthermore major power indices - Penrose, Ba...

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Other Authors: Fara, Rudolf (Editor), Leech, Dennis (Editor), Salles, Maurice (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Studies in Choice and Welfare
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This collection of essays honouring Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover reconsiders foundational aspects of the measurement of voting power. The specific case of voting power in two-tier systems - for instance the US system and the EU system - is analysed. Furthermore major power indices - Penrose, Banzhaf, Shapley-Shubik and others - are revisited. The book proposes new voting procedures and studies well-known procedures and/or apportionment methods either from a technical or historical point of view
Physical Description:X, 397 p. 74 illus online resource
ISBN:9783319051581