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Weighted Approval Voting [PDF]
To allow society to treat unequal alternatives distinctly we propose a natural extension of Approval Voting [7] by relaxing the assumption of neutrality.
Massó, Jordi, Vorsatz, Marc
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Remote SensingObtaining accurate and real-time spatial distribution information regarding crops is critical for enabling effective smart agricultural management. In this study, innovative decision fusion strategies, including Enhanced Overall Accuracy Index (E-OAI ...
Shuang Shuai +6 more
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Utilitarian Collective Choice and Voting [PDF]
In his seminal Social Choice and Individual Values, Kenneth Arrow stated that his theory applies to voting. Many voting theorists have been convinced that, on account of Arrow’s theorem, all voting methods must be seriously flawed.
Hillinger, Claude
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A foundation for strategic agenda voting [PDF]
We offer complete characterizations of the equilibrium outcomes of two prominent agenda voting institutions that are widely used in the democratic world: the amendment, also known as the Anglo-American procedure, and the successive, or equivalently the ...
Miguel Ballester +2 more
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Beyond Westminster: How the Four‐Day Working Week Reached the UK Public Sector
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The United Kingdom's emergence as a public sector pioneer in the four‐day working week debate presents a striking paradox. A post‐Thatcher liberal market economy hostile to statutory working‐time reform might be expected to resist government‐sponsored working‐time reduction in the public sector.
Joan Sanchis, Raúl de Arriba
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The Political Economy of Tourism: Introduction to the Special Collection
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Tourism is one of the fastest‐growing internationally traded service industries. The articles in this special collection examine the circumstances under which it can act as a driver of sustainable, equitably shared growth. The introduction argues that tourism offers a promising path to regional development—not only in southern Europe and the ...
Kira Gartzou‐Katsouyanni
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An optimal Voting System when Voting is costly [PDF]
We consider the design of an optimal voting system when voting is costly. For a private values model with two alternatives we show the optimality of a voting system that combines three elements: (i) there is an arbitrarily chosen default decision and non-
Bognar, Katalin +2 more
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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And the loser is... Plurality Voting [PDF]
This paper reports on a vote for choosing the best voting rules that was organized among the participants of the Voting Procedures workshop in July, 2010. Among 18 voting rules, Approval Voting won the contest, and Plurality Voting received no support at
Jean-François Laslier
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
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