Securities against misrule : juries, assemblies, elections /
"This book proposes a normative theory of collective decision making, inspired by Jeremy Bentham but not including his utilitarian philosophy. The central proposal is that in designing democratic institutions one should reduce as much as possible the impact of self-interest, passion, prejudice,...
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Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Normative Study of Collective Decision Making; I. introduction: individual choice; II. Collective Decisions; III. Collective Decision-Making Processes; IV. Good Collective Decisions; V. Good Collective Decision-Making Procedures; Arguing Toward Unanimity; Deciding by Aggregation; Deciding by Bargaining; VI. Strategic Behavior; Strategic Uses of Argument; Strategic Behavior in Aggregation; VII. The Benthamite Approach to Collective Decision Making; 2 Ignorance, Secrecy, and Publicity in Jury Decision Making; I. Introduction.
- II. Composing the Pool, the Panel, and the JuryIII. The Trial; IV. Jury Deliberation and Voting; ; Choice of Foreperson; Communication Among the Jurors; Recording Jury Deliberations; Giving Reasons; Revealing the Deliberations; Open or Secret Voting; Revealing the Number of Votes and the Identity of Voters; V. Conclusion; 3 A Dialogue with Bentham; I. Introduction; II. Aptitude of Voters; III. Aptitude of Deputies; IV. Constitutionalism and Rights; V. Bentham and Condorcet; VI. Conclusion; 4 The Optimal Design of Constituent Assemblies; I. Introduction.
- II. The Task of the Constituent AssemblyIII. Location of the Assembly; IV. The Size and Duration of the Assembly; V. Elections to the Assembly; VI. Secrecy and Publicity
- Interest and Passion; VII. Ratifying the Constitution; VIII. Conclusion; 5 Cross-Voting: A Study in Failure; I. Introduction; II. Voters and Eligibles; III. Cross-Voting at the Estates-General; IV. Cross-Voting in the United States, 1787-1789; V. Some Contemporary Examples; VI. Conclusion: The Fragility of Incentive Systems; Conclusion; I. Costs; II. Diversity; III. Overrides; IV. Indeterminacy; V. Political Will.