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100	1		_aTangian, Andranik. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMathematical Theory of Democracy _h[electronic resource] / _cby Andranik Tangian.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg : _bImprint: Springer, _c2014.
300			_aXX, 615 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aStudies in Choice and Welfare, _x1614-0311
505	0		_aHistory: Athenian Democracy -- Echoes of Democracy in Ancient Rome -- Revival of Democracy in Italian Mediaval City-Republics -- Enlightenment and the End of Traditional Democracy -- Modernity and Schism in Understanding Democracy -- Theory: Direct Democracy -- Dictatorship and Democracy -- Representative Democracy -- Statistically Testing the Representative Capacity -- Concluding Discussion: Bridging Representative and Direct Democracies -- Applications: Simple Applications -- Application to Collective Multicriteria Decisions -- Application to Stock Exchange Predictions -- Application to Traffic Control -- Appendix: Computational Formulas -- Probabilities of Unequal Choices by Vote and by Candidate Scores -- Statistical Significance of Representative Capacity.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aPolitical science.
650		0	_aGame theory.
650		0	_aEconomic theory.
650		0	_aPublic finance.
650	1	4	_aEconomics.
650	2	4	_aEconomic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
650	2	4	_aPolitical Science.
650	2	4	_aGame Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPublic Economics.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642387234
830		0	_aStudies in Choice and Welfare, _x1614-0311
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38724-1
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