TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tangian,Andranik
TI  - Mathematical theory of democracy
T2  - Studies in choice and welfare
SN  - 9783642387234 (hard cover : alk. paper)
U1  - 321.8 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Berlin :      
PB  - Springer-Verlag,     
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Mathematical models.
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Mathematical models
N1  - Includes index; Part I History : 
1. Athenian Democracy --
2. Echoes of Democracy in Ancient Rome --
3. Revival of Democracy in Italian Mediaval City-Republics --
4. Enlightenment and the End of Traditional Democracy --
5. Modernity and Schism in Understanding Democracy --

Part II Theory: 
6. Direct Democracy --
7. Dictatorship and Democracy --
8. Representative Democracy --
9. Statistically Testing the Representative Capacity --
10. Concluding Discussion : Bridging Representative and Direct Democracies --

Part III Applications : 
11. Simple Applications --
12. Application to Collective Multicriteria Decisions --
13. Application to Stock Exchange Predictions --
14. Application to Traffic Control --

Part IV Appendix: 
A. Computational Formulas --
B. Probabilities of Unequal Choices by Vote and by Candidate Scores --
C. Statistical Significance of Representative Capacity--
Index
N2  - The mathematical theory of democracy deals with selection of representatives who make decisions on behalf of the whole society. In this book, the notion of representativeness is operationalized with the index of popularity (the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented on a number of issues) and the index of universality (the frequency of cases when the opinion of a majority is represented). These indices are applied to evaluate and study the properties of single representatives (e.g. president) and representative bodies (e.g. parliament, magistrate, cabinet, jury, coalition). To bridge representative and direct democracy, an election method is proposed that is based not on voting but on indexing candidates with respect to the electorate's political profile. In addition, societal and non-societal applications are considered.
ER  -