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Voting Power and Procedures [electronic resource] : Essays in Honour of Dan Felsenthal and Moshé Machover / edited by Rudolf Fara, Dennis Leech, Maurice Salles.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Choice and WelfarePublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.Description: X, 397 p. 74 illus. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319051581
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 336 23
LOC classification:
  • HJ9-9940
Online resources:
Contents:
Foundations of Power Measurement -- Power in Two-Tier Voting Systems -- Penrose, Banzhaf, Shapley-Shubik, et al -- Political Competition and Voting Procedures.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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Foundations of Power Measurement -- Power in Two-Tier Voting Systems -- Penrose, Banzhaf, Shapley-Shubik, et al -- Political Competition and Voting Procedures.

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.

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