Voting procedures for electing a single candidate : proving their (in)vulnerability to various voting paradoxes

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Voting procedures for electing a single candidate : proving their (in)vulnerability to various voting paradoxes

Dan S. Felsenthal, Hannu Nurmi

(Springer briefs in economics)

Springer, c2018

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Description

This book deals with 18 voting procedures used or proposed for use in elections resulting in the choice of a single winner. These procedures are evaluated in terms of their ability to avoid paradoxical outcomes. Together with a companion volume by the same authors, Monotonicity Failures Afflicting Procedures for Electing a Single Candidate, published by Springer in 2017, this book aims at giving a comprehensive overview of the most important advantages and disadvantages of procedures thereby assisting decision makers in the choice of a voting procedure that would best suit their purposes.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Voting Paradoxes.- Voting Procedures Designed to Elect a Single Candidate.- The (In)Vulnerability of Non-Ranked Voting Procedures to Various Paradoxes.- The (In)Vulnerability of Ranked Voting Procedures that are Not Condorcet-Consistent to Various Paradoxes.- The (In)Vulnerability of the Ranked Condorcet-Consistent Procedures to Various Paradoxes.- Summary.

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  • NCID
    BB27866823
  • ISBN
    • 9783319740324
  • LCCN
    2017963840
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 134 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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