Smarter Ballots : Electoral Realism and Reform /: Electoral Realism and Reform. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Smarter Ballots : Electoral Realism and Reform /: Electoral Realism and Reform. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Smarter Ballots : Electoral Realism and Reform
- Further Information:
- Note: J. S. Maloy.
- Other Names:
- Maloy, J. S (Jason Stuart), 1974-
- Contents:
- Intro; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Praise for Smarter Ballots; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: Electoral Dysfunction and Political Realism; Democratic Deficits; What Is Electoral Realism?; The Concept of Electoral Structure; Democratic Realism and Realistic Reform; Blame Structures, Not Voters; What Is Voter Empowerment?; References; Chapter 2 What Research Reveals: Deficits of Electoral Accountability; How (Not) to Measure Accountability; Corruption, Prosperity, and Responsiveness; Consensus and Debate; A Tale of Two Echo Chambers (Highly) Conditional Accountability: A Top Ten ListWhere Next for Accountability?; References; Chapter 3 What Research Overlooks: Voters' Dilemma of Disempowerment; The Evils of Brexit and Trump; More and More of Lesser Evils; Ballot Options; Vote-Splitting; Double Trouble; Horns of a Dilemma; Back to the Ballot; References; Chapter 4 Lessons from Theory: The Blunted Blade of One-Mark Ballots; Voter Empowerment and Ballot Structure; Towers Too Short; Inputs, Counts, and Winners; Ballot Input Rules; Are Distributive Inputs Smarter?; Expression vs. Accessibility; Ballot Output Rules Input-Output CombinationsPreliminary Assessment of Ballot Structures; The Unimportance of Being Earnest; Dilemma Resolved (in Theory); References; Chapter 5 Lessons from Experience: The Cutting Edge of Ranking and Grading Ballots; Questions of Experience; Single-Winner Cumulative Disqualified; The Celtic Model ofIntro; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Praise for Smarter Ballots; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: Electoral Dysfunction and Political Realism; Democratic Deficits; What Is Electoral Realism?; The Concept of Electoral Structure; Democratic Realism and Realistic Reform; Blame Structures, Not Voters; What Is Voter Empowerment?; References; Chapter 2 What Research Reveals: Deficits of Electoral Accountability; How (Not) to Measure Accountability; Corruption, Prosperity, and Responsiveness; Consensus and Debate; A Tale of Two Echo Chambers (Highly) Conditional Accountability: A Top Ten ListWhere Next for Accountability?; References; Chapter 3 What Research Overlooks: Voters' Dilemma of Disempowerment; The Evils of Brexit and Trump; More and More of Lesser Evils; Ballot Options; Vote-Splitting; Double Trouble; Horns of a Dilemma; Back to the Ballot; References; Chapter 4 Lessons from Theory: The Blunted Blade of One-Mark Ballots; Voter Empowerment and Ballot Structure; Towers Too Short; Inputs, Counts, and Winners; Ballot Input Rules; Are Distributive Inputs Smarter?; Expression vs. Accessibility; Ballot Output Rules Input-Output CombinationsPreliminary Assessment of Ballot Structures; The Unimportance of Being Earnest; Dilemma Resolved (in Theory); References; Chapter 5 Lessons from Experience: The Cutting Edge of Ranking and Grading Ballots; Questions of Experience; Single-Winner Cumulative Disqualified; The Celtic Model of Ranking Ballots; Ranking Ballots in Australasia; Grading Experiments in Europe; Complicated Ballots, Confused Voters?; The Preliminary Assessment, Revisited; Real Ranking vs. Real Grading; References; Chapter 6 America Re-votes, 2016: Retrospective Simulations with Smarter Ballots Grading the CandidatesFeeling the Candidates; Multi-mark Ballots and Polarizing Candidates; Case Selection: Eleven Republican Primaries from 2016; Simulation Procedure; Next-Preference Rules; Results from the "Never Trump" Model; Empirical Probes of "Never Trump" Assumptions; Results from the "Maybe Trump" Model; The Vise on the People; References; Chapter 7 Conclusion: A Realist's Agenda for Research and Reform; Experimental Ballot Proposals; Smarter Referendums; Multi-winner Ballot Reforms; Is Resistance Futile?; A Maine Saga; Gaps to Close; References Appendix: Methodological and Theoretical Issues in Electoral StudiesBibliography; Index … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 324.65
Electronic voting
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783030130312
3030130312 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783030130305
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- Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed June 13, 2019).
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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