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

Emerson, Peter

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-12-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783642209031

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20904-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 192