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Democracy Defended.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Democracy Defended./
作者:	Mackie, Gerry.
其他作者:	Shapiro, Ian.
出版者:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2003.,
面頁冊數:	501 p.
標題:	Democracy. -
電子資源:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511071102 (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.

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Available via World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780511071102 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: JC423 .M1583 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8

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