Dividing the Rulers: How Majority Cycling Saves Democracy
Autor Yuhui Lien Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 sep 2019
The
election
of
populist
politicians
in
recent
years
seems
to
challenge
the
commitment
to
democracy,
if
not
its
ideal.
This
book
argues
that
majority
rule
is
not
the
problem;
rather,
the
institutions
that
stabilize
majorities
are
responsible
for
the
suppression
of
minority
interests.
Despite
the
popular
notion
that
social
choice
instability
(or
“cycling”)
makes
it
impossible
for
majorities
to
make
sound
legislation,
Yuhui
Li
argues
that
the
best
part
of
democracy
is
not
the
large
number
of
people
on
the
winning
side;
it
is
that
the
winners
can
be
easily
divided
and
realigned
with
the
losers
in
the
cycling
process.
He
shows
that
minorities’
bargaining
power
depends
on
their
ability
to
exploit
division
within
the
winning
coalition
and
induce
its
members
to
defect,
an
institutionalized
uncertainty
that
is
missing
in
one-party
authoritarian
systems.
Dividing the Rulerstheorizes why such division within the majority is important and what kind of institutional features can help a democratic system maintain such division, which is crucial in preventing the “tyranny of the majority.” These institutional solutions point to a direction of institutional reform that academics, politicians, and voters should collectively pursue.
Dividing the Rulerstheorizes why such division within the majority is important and what kind of institutional features can help a democratic system maintain such division, which is crucial in preventing the “tyranny of the majority.” These institutional solutions point to a direction of institutional reform that academics, politicians, and voters should collectively pursue.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780472131525
ISBN-10: 0472131524
Pagini: 166
Ilustrații: 11 tables, 1 map, 11 charts
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
ISBN-10: 0472131524
Pagini: 166
Ilustrații: 11 tables, 1 map, 11 charts
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
Recenzii
“The
key
question—how
to
ensure
that
the
losers
of
the
electoral
game
are
defended
in
a
way
that
both
protects
their
own
interests
and
that
of
the
broader
political
system—is
a
central
one
for
scholars
of
democracy,
especially
those
who
focus
on
societies
divided
along
ethnic,
religious,
linguistic,
or
similar
cleavages."
—Benjamin Reilly, University of Western Australia
—Benjamin Reilly, University of Western Australia
Notă biografică
Yuhui
Liearned
his
Ph.D.
in
Political
Science
from
the
University
of
California,
Davis.
Descriere
The
process
of
“cycling”
divides
majority
coalitions
and
preserves
democracy
by
preventing
the
“tyranny
of
the
majority.”