Democracy And Decision

Author : Geoffrey Brennan,Loren Lomasky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521585244

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Democracy and Decision by Geoffrey Brennan,Loren Lomasky Pdf

"The significance of this account should be clear. If, as economists frequently assert, proper diagnosis of the disease is a crucial prerequisite to treatment, then the design of appropriate democratic institutions depends critically on a coherent analysis of the way the electoral process works and the perversities to which it is prone. The claim is that the interest-based account incorrectly diagnoses the disease. Accordingly, this book ends with an account of the institutional protections that go with expressive voting."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Bryan D. Jones
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226406510

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Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics by Bryan D. Jones Pdf

Why are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on political issues? Or total reversals in congressional support for specific legislation? Jones aims to answer these questions by connecting insights from cognitive science and rational-choice theory to political life.

Author : Susan Clark,Woden Teachout
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603584135

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Slow Democracy by Susan Clark,Woden Teachout Pdf

Reconnecting with the sources of decisions that affect us, and with the processes of democracy itself, is at the heart of 21st-century sustainable communities. Slow Democracy chronicles the ways in which ordinary people have mobilized to find local solutions to local problems. It invites us to bring the advantages of "slow" to our community decision making. Just as slow food encourages chefs and eaters to become more intimately involved with the production of local food, slow democracy encourages us to govern ourselves locally with processes that are inclusive, deliberative, and citizen powered. Susan Clark and Woden Teachout outline the qualities of real, local decision making and show us the range of ways that communities are breathing new life into participatory democracy around the country. We meet residents who seize back control of their municipal water systems from global corporations, parents who find unique solutions to seemingly divisive school-redistricting issues, and a host of other citizens across the nation who have designed local decision-making systems to solve the problems unique to their area in ways that work best for their communities. Though rooted in the direct participation that defined our nation's early days, slow democracy is not a romantic vision for reigniting the ways of old. Rather, the strategies outlined here are uniquely suited to 21st-century technologies and culture.If our future holds an increased focus on local food, local energy, and local economy, then surely we will need to improve our skills at local governance as well.

Author : Anne van Aaken,Christian List
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351945493

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Deliberation and Decision by Anne van Aaken,Christian List Pdf

Deliberation and Decision explores ways of bridging the gap between two rival approaches to theorizing about democratic institutions: constitutional economics on the one hand and deliberative democracy on the other. The two approaches offer very different accounts of the functioning and legitimacy of democratic institutions. Although both highlight the importance of democratic consent, their accounts of such consent could hardly be more different. Constitutional economics models individuals as self-interested rational utility maximizers and uses economic efficiency criteria such as incentive compatibility for evaluating institutions. Deliberative democracy models individuals as communicating subjects capable of engaging in democratic discourse. The two approaches are disjointed not only in terms of their assumptions and methodology but also in terms of the communication - or lack thereof - between their respective communities of researchers. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the recent debate between the two approaches and makes new and original contributions to that debate.

Author : David Moscrop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1773100416

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Too Dumb for Democracy? by David Moscrop Pdf

Bad decisions down to a science. D'oh-mocracy at its finest. Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age. In an era overshadowed by income inequality, environmental catastrophes, terrorism at home and abroad, and the decline of democracy, Moscrop argues that the political decision-making process has never been more important. In fact, our survival may depend on it. Drawing on both political science and psychology, Moscrop examines how our brains, our environment, the media, and institutions influence decision-making. Making good decisions is not impossible, Moscrop argues, but the psychological and political odds are sometimes stacked against us. In this readable and provocative investigation of our often-flawed decisions, Moscrop explains what's going wrong in today's political landscape and how individuals, societies, and institutions can work together to set things right.

Author : John Gastil
Publisher : Philadelphia ; Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004453168

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Democracy in Small Groups by John Gastil Pdf

Author : Peter Emerson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3642209041

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Defining Democracy by Peter Emerson Pdf

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.

Author : Hélène Landemore
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691155654

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Democratic Reason by Hélène Landemore Pdf

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to a strong case for democracy. She shows that the processes and procedures of democratic decision making form a cognitive system that ensures that decisions taken by the many are more likely to be right than decisions taken by the few. Democracy as a form of government is therefore valuable not only because it is legitimate and just, but also because it is smart. Landemore considers how the argument plays out with respect to two main mechanisms of democratic politics: inclusive deliberation and majority rule. In deliberative settings, the truth-tracking properties of deliberation are enhanced more by inclusiveness than by individual competence. Landemore explores this idea in the contexts of representative democracy and the selection of representatives. She also discusses several models for the "wisdom of crowds" channeled by majority rule, examining the trade-offs between inclusiveness and individual competence in voting. When inclusive deliberation and majority rule are combined, they beat less inclusive methods, in which one person or a small group decide. Democratic Reason thus establishes the superiority of democracy as a way of making decisions for the common good.

Author : Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351916516

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Multi-Party Dispute Resolution, Democracy and Decision-Making by Carrie Menkel-Meadow Pdf

The articles selected for this volume draw on game theory, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology to consider how the process of dispute resolution is altered, challenged and made more complex by the presence of multiple parties and/or multiple issues. The volume explores issues of coalition formation, defection, collaboration, commitments, voting practices, and joint decision making in settings of increasing human complexity. Also included are examples of concrete uses of deliberative democracy processes taken from new applications of complex dispute resolution theory and practice. The selected essays represent the latest theoretical advances and challenges in the field and demonstrate attempts to use dispute resolution theory in a wide variety of settings such as political decision making and policy formation; regulatory matters; environmental disputes; healthcare; community disputes; constitutional formation; and in many other controversial issues in the polity.

Author : Barry N. Hague,Brian D Loader
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781134642434

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Digital Democracy by Barry N. Hague,Brian D Loader Pdf

Considers how technological developments might combine with underlying social, economic and political issues to produce new vehicles for democratic practice.

Author : James Allan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773591936

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Democracy in Decline by James Allan Pdf

Part lament, part provocative call-to-action, Democracy in Decline charts how democracy is being diluted and restricted in five of the world's oldest democracies - the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. James Allan targets four main, interconnected causes of decline - judicial activism, the transformation and growth of international law, the development of supranational organizations, and the presence of undemocratic elites. He presents a convincing argument that the same trends are occurring whether the country has a constitutional bill of rights (United States and Canada), a statutory bill of rights (the United Kingdom and New Zealand), or no bill of rights at all (Australia). Identifying tactics used by lawyers, judges, and international bureaucrats to deny that any decline has occurred, Allan looks ahead to further deterioration caused by attacks on free speech, intolerant worldviews, internationalization through treaties and conventions, and illegal immigration. Social and political decisions, Allan argues, must be based on counting every adult in a nation state as equal. An essential book for anyone concerned with majority rule and fairness in numbers, Democracy in Decline presents a clear, well-stated account of trends that have been undermining democracy over three decades.

Author : James Bohman,William Rehg
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262522411

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Deliberative Democracy by James Bohman,William Rehg Pdf

The contributions in this anthology address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement among free and equal citizens.

Author : David Rios Insua,Simon French
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789048190454

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e-Democracy by David Rios Insua,Simon French Pdf

Internet is starting to permeate politics much as it has previously revolutionised education, business or the arts. Thus, there is a growing interest in areas of e-government and, more recently, e-democracy. However, most attempts in this field have just envisioned standard political approaches facilitated by technology, like e-voting or e-debating. Alternatively, we could devise a more transforming strategy based on deploying web based group decision support tools and promote their use for public policy decision making. This book delineates how this approach could be implemented. It addresses foundations, basic methodologies, potential implementation and applications, together with a thorough discussion of the many challenging issues. This innovative text will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of e-government, e-democracy and e-participation and research in decision analysis, negotiation analysis and group decision support.

Author : Jason Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400888399

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Against Democracy by Jason Brennan Pdf

A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results—and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore, no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend to make people worse—more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government—epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable—may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out. A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines. Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy is a challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable.

Author : Jon Elster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521596963

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Deliberative Democracy by Jon Elster Pdf

This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of deliberative democracy.