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Democracy Defended.
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Mackie, Gerry.
Democracy Defended.
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Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:
Democracy Defended./
Author:
Mackie, Gerry.
other author:
Shapiro, Ian.
Published:
Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2003.,
Description:
501 p.
Subject:
Democracy. -
Online resource:
Click here to view book
ISBN:
9780511490293 (electronic bk.)
Democracy Defended.
Mackie, Gerry.
Democracy Defended.
[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003. - 501 p.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 A long, dark shadow over democratic politics; 2 The doctrine of democratic irrationalism; 3 Is democratic voting inaccurate?; 4 The Arrow general possibility theorem; 5 Is democracy meaningless? Arrow’s condition of unrestricted domain; 6 Is democracy meaningless? Arrow’s condition of the independence of irrelevant alternatives; 7 Strategic voting and agenda control; 8 Multidimensional chaos; 9 Assuming irrational actors: the Powell amendment
A number of noted scholars have questioned the effectiveness and fairness of democratic voting. In this book Gerry Mackie confronts these doubts and examines their claims in detail, and finds that almost every one is erroneous. Mackie's book is a spirited and detailed defence of democratic governance.
Electronic reproduction.
Available via World Wide Web.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN: 9780511490293 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:
89097
Democracy.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:
96803
Electronic books.
LC Class. No.: JC423 .M1583 2003eb
Dewey Class. No.: 321.8
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10 Assuming irrational actors: the Depew amendment11 Unmanipulating the manipulation: the Wilmot Proviso; 12 Unmanipulating the manipulation: the election of Lincoln; 13 Antebellum politics concluded; 14 More of Riker’s cycles debunked; 15 Other cycles debunked; 16 New dimensions; 17 Plebiscitarianism against democracy; 18 Democracy resplendent; Endnotes; References; Index
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