Download or read book Elections as Instruments of Democracy written by G. Bingham Powell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores elections as instruments of democracy. Focusing on elections in 20 democracies over the last 25 years, it examines the differences between two visions of democracy - the majoritarian vision and the proportional influence vision.
Download or read book Democracies written by Arend Lijphart and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is more than one way to run a successful democracy. Lijphart divides these democracies into two basic models: majoritarian democracies, in which the majority rules, and consensus democracies, in which deep divisions in the society have prompted restraints on majority rule. This book is the broadest and most thorough comparative study of democratic regimes available and will be especially suitable for course use.
Download or read book Patterns of Democracy written by Arend Lijphart and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 2010, this text arrives at conclusions about what type of democracy works best. It demonstrates that consensual systems stimulate economic growth, control inflation and unemployment, and limit budget deficits.
Download or read book Rule of Law vs Majoritarian Democracy written by Giuliano Amato and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is more paradoxically democratic than a people exercising their vote against the harbingers of the rule of law and democracy? What happens when the will of the people and the rule of law are at odds? Some commentators note that the presence of illiberal political movements in the public arena of many Western countries demonstrates that their democracy is so inclusive and alive that it comprehends and countenances even undemocratic forces and political agendas. But what if, on the contrary, these were the signs of the deconsolidation of democracy instead of its good health? What if democratically elected regimes were to ignore constitutional principles representing the rule of law and the limits of their power? With contributions from judges and scholars from different backgrounds and nationalities this book explores the framework in which this tension currently takes place in several Western countries by focusing on four key themes: - The Rule of Law: presenting a historical and theoretical reconstruction of the evolution of the Rule of Law; - The People: dealing with a set of problems around the notion of 'people' and the forces claiming to represent their voice; - Democracy and its enemies: tackling a variety of phenomena impacting on the traditional democratic balance of powers and institutional order; - Elected and Non-Elected: focusing on the juxtaposition between judges (and, more generally, non-representative bodies) and the people's representation.
Download or read book Open Democracy written by Hélène Landemore and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings, democracy meant meeting every summer in a field to discuss issues until consensus was reached. Our contemporary representative democracies are very different. Modern parliaments are gated and guarded, and it seems as if only certain people are welcome. Diagnosing what is wrong with representative government and aiming to recover some of the openness of ancient democracies, Open Democracy presents a new paradigm of democracy. Supporting a fresh nonelectoral understanding of democratic representation, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that placing ordinary citizens, rather than elites, at the heart of democratic power is not only the true meaning of a government of, by, and for the people, but also feasible and, more than ever, urgently needed. -- Cover page 4.
Download or read book From Majority Rule to Inclusive Politics written by Peter Emerson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses voting procedures in collective decision-making. Drawing on well-established election processes from all over the world, the author presents a voting procedure that allows for the speedy but fair election of a proportional, all-party coalition. The methodology - a matrix vote - is accurate, robust and ethno-color blind. In the vote, the counting procedure encourages all concerned to cross the gender as well as any party and/or sectarian divides. While in the resulting executive each party will be represented fairly and, at best, with the consensus of parliament, every minister will be the one most suited to his/her new portfolio. By using preferential voting and thus achieving consensus, the matrix vote will be fundamental to the resolution of conflicts. The matrix vote can also be used when: • two or more parliamentary parties elect a coalition government • one parliamentary party elects a government or shadow cabinet, or organizations in civil society elect their governing boards or executive committees • any group chooses a fixed number of individuals to form a team in which each member carries out a different function
Download or read book Majoritarian State written by Angana P. Chatterji and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trenchant assessment of Narendra Modi's BJP government and its impact on India.
Download or read book Dividing the Rulers written by Yuhui Li and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The election of populist politicians in recent years seems to challenge the commitment to democracy, if not its ideal. This book argues that majority rule is not the problem; rather, the institutions that stabilize majorities are responsible for the suppression of minority interests. Despite the popular notion that social choice instability (or “cycling”) makes it impossible for majorities to make sound legislation, Yuhui Li argues that the best part of democracy is not the large number of people on the winning side; it is that the winners can be easily divided and realigned with the losers in the cycling process. He shows that minorities’ bargaining power depends on their ability to exploit division within the winning coalition and induce its members to defect, an institutionalized uncertainty that is missing in one-party authoritarian systems. Dividing the Rulers theorizes why such division within the majority is important and what kind of institutional features can help a democratic system maintain such division, which is crucial in preventing the “tyranny of the majority.” These institutional solutions point to a direction of institutional reform that academics, politicians, and voters should collectively pursue.
Download or read book Democracy and Institutions written by Markus M. L. Crepaz and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000-06-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How institutional engineering affects the life of democracies
Download or read book Democracy written by Anthony Arblaster and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arblaster finds the core of the idea of democracy in the notion of popular power, and in the second half of his book he explores the meaning of this concept and the problems it creates.
Download or read book Majoritarian Democracy written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the transformative power of majoritarian democracy with "Majoritarian Democracy," a vital addition to the "Political Science" series. This book offers an in-depth exploration of majoritarian democracy, its principles, challenges, and impact on governance. Understand how majority rule interacts with minority rights and how different electoral systems shape democratic outcomes. 1-Majoritarian Democracy-Explore foundational concepts and core principles. 2-Democracy-Situate majoritarian democracy within broader democratic theory. 3-Election-Investigate the role of elections in reflecting the majority's will. 4-Proportional Representation-Contrast proportional representation with majoritarian systems. 5-First-past-the-post Voting-Understand this voting system and its implications. 6-Tyranny of the Majority-Recognize the risks of majority dominance over minorities. 7-Parallel Voting-Learn how parallel systems balance majoritarian and proportional elements. 8-Majoritarianism-Delve into majoritarianism as a political ideology. 9-Majority Rule-Examine the principle of majority rule in democratic decisions. 10-Majority Criterion-Investigate criteria ensuring fair majority rule. 11-Minoritarianism-Explore the role of minoritarianism in protecting minority interests. 12-Geniocracy-Discuss the implications of geniocracy on majoritarian democracy. 13-How Democratic Is the American Constitution?-Assess the Constitution's alignment with majoritarian principles. 14-Elections in Georgia (Country)-Review Georgia's electoral systems for a comparative perspective. 15-Liberal Democracy-Explore the relationship between majoritarian and liberal democratic principles. 16-Semi-proportional Representation-Analyze systems that balance majority rule with minority representation. 17-Electoral System-Explore various electoral systems shaping political outcomes. 18-Majoritarian Representation-Understand majoritarian representation in different frameworks. 19-Outline of Political Science-Get an overview of political science concepts relevant to majoritarian democracy. 20-Mixed Electoral System-Examine systems integrating majoritarian and proportional elements. 21-Mixed-member Majoritarian Representation-Explore balanced democratic outcomes through mixed-member majoritarian representation. "Majoritarian Democracy" is your key to unlocking the complexities of democratic governance. Its clear explanations offer invaluable insights for professionals, students, and enthusiasts. The understanding gained from this book offers lasting benefits and a deeper appreciation for democracy's dynamics.
Download or read book Factional Politics written by Françoise Boucek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on theories of neo-institutionalism to show how institutions shape dissident behaviour, Boucek develops new ways of measuring factionalism and explains its effects on office tenure. In each of the four cases - from Britain, Canada, Italy and Japan - intra-party dynamics are analyzed through times series and rational choice tools.
Download or read book Preserving the White Man s Republic written by Joshua A. Lynn and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Preserving the White Man’s Republic, Joshua Lynn reveals how the national Democratic Party rebranded majoritarian democracy and liberal individualism as conservative means for white men in the South and North to preserve their mastery on the eve of the Civil War. Responding to fears of African American and female political agency, Democrats in the late 1840s and 1850s reinvented themselves as "conservatives" and repurposed Jacksonian Democracy as a tool for local majorities of white men to police racial and gender boundaries by democratically withholding rights. With the policy of "popular sovereignty," Democrats left slavery’s expansion to white men’s democratic decision-making. They also promised white men local democracy and individual autonomy regarding temperance, religion, and nativism. Translating white men’s household mastery into political power over all women and Americans of color, Democrats united white men nationwide and made democracy a conservative assertion of white manhood. Democrats thereby turned traditional Jacksonian principles—grassroots democracy, liberal individualism, and anti-statism—into staples of conservatism. As Lynn’s book shows, this movement sent conservatism on a new, populist trajectory, one in which democracy can be called upon to legitimize inequality and hierarchy, a uniquely American conservatism that endures in our republic today.
Download or read book A Different Democracy written by Steven L. Taylor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four distinguished scholars in political science analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the U.S. political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. This essential text approaches the following institutions from a political engineering point of view: constitutions, electoral systems, and political parties, as well as legislative, executive, and judicial power. The text looks at democracies from around the world over a two-decade time frame. The result is not only a fresh view of the much-discussed theme of American exceptionalism but also an innovative approach to comparative politics that treats the United States as but one case among many. An ideal textbook for both American and comparative politics courses.
Download or read book Democracy in Scandinavia written by David Arter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion volume to 'Scandinavian Politics Today' talks about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy, and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies. It could serve as a textbook for courses on Scandinavian politics, legislative studies and comparative politics.
Download or read book Thinking about Democracy written by Arend Lijphart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-10 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on Professor Arend Lijphart’s lifetime experience of research and publication in democracy and comparative politics and collects together for the first time his most significant and influential work.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies written by Robert Rohrschneider and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can democracies effectively represent citizens? The goal of this Handbook is to evaluate comprehensively how well the interests and preferences of mass publics become represented by institutions in liberal democracies. It first explores how the idea and institutions of liberal democracies were formed over centuries and became enshrined in Western political systems. The contributors to this Handbook, made up of the world's leading scholars on the various aspects of political representation, examine how well the political elites and parties who are charged with the representation of the public interest meet their duties. Clearly, institutions often fail to live up to their own representation goals. With this in mind, the contributors explore several challenges to the way that the system of representation is organized in modern democracies. For example, actors such as parties and established elites face rising distrust among electorates. Also, the rise of international problems such as migration and environmentalism suggests that the focus of democracies on nation states may have to shift to a more international level. All told, this Handbook illuminates the normative and functional challenges faced by representative institutions in liberal democracies"--
