Effective Number of Parties
Effective Number of Parties

Author: Fouad Sabry

Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable

Published: 2024-10-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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What is the Effective Number of Parties? This book explores the importance of this concept in shaping political systems and governance. It offers a comprehensive analysis of how the effective number of parties impacts democratic processes and electoral systems worldwide. Readers will gain valuable insights into the mechanisms behind electoral systems and their influence on political dynamics. 1: Effective number of parties - Understand its definition and role in political systems. 2: Electoral threshold - Explore how thresholds limit or expand party numbers. 3: Single non-transferable vote - Analyze its impact on party competition. 4: D'Hondt method - Learn how this method affects party representation. 5: Sainte-Laguë method - Study another proportional system and its effects. 6: Largest remainder method - Review how it influences election outcomes. 7: How Democratic Is the American Constitution? - Examine its impact on party systems. 8: Arend Lijphart - Discover his contributions to party systems and consociationalism. 9: Consociationalism - Investigate this approach to managing diverse societies. 10: Gallagher index - Analyze this metric of electoral disproportionality. 11: Plural society - Understand how societal diversity affects party representation. 12: Diversity index - Study the role of diversity in political plurality. 13: Pacification of 1917 - Learn its historical relevance to party systems. 14: Matthew Søberg Shugart - Explore his work on party effectiveness and electoral systems. 15: Electoral system - Review different systems and their impact on party competition. 16: Apparentment - Understand this alliance strategy in elections. 17: Party-list representation in the Philippines - Study the outcomes of this representation model. 18: Loosemore–Hanby index - Explore its role in measuring electoral disproportionality. 19: Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament - Analyze how seat allocation impacts party numbers. 20: Grigorii Golosov - Review his work on electoral laws and party systems. 21: 2005 Devon County Council election - Examine a case study in party system theory. Whether you’re a scholar or an enthusiast, this book provides deep insights into political systems, making it a crucial resource for anyone interested in the study of party dynamics and electoral processes.

Theory of Cryptography
Theory of Cryptography

Author: Rafael Pass

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-12

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 3030643786

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This three-volume set, LNCS 12550, 12551, and 12552, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCCC 2020, held in Durham, NC, USA, in November 2020. The total of 71 full papers presented in this three-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 167 submissions. Amongst others they cover the following topics: study of known paradigms, approaches, and techniques, directed towards their better understanding and utilization; discovery of new paradigms, approaches and techniques that overcome limitations of the existing ones, formulation and treatment of new cryptographic problems; study of notions of security and relations among them; modeling and analysis of cryptographic algorithms; and study of the complexity assumptions used in cryptography. Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.

Parties and Elections in America
Parties and Elections in America

Author: Sandy L. Maisel

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009-11-16

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 1442201037

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This book covers all elements of parties and the electoral process, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and local nominations; state and local elections; presidential nominations; and presidential elections. Separate chapters are devoted to the important subjects of the media in the electoral process and campaign finance. The role of political parties in representative democracy_and their contributions to it_are examined critically. This post-election update includes complete data from 2008 and an updated chapter on campaign finance.

Security and Privacy in Communication Networks
Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Author: Angelos D. Keromytis

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-02-13

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3642368832

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This volume presents the refereed proceedings of the 8th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm 2012, held in Padua, Italy, in September 2012. The 21 revised papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. Topics covered include crypto and electronic money; wireless security; web security; intrusion detection and monitoring; and anonymity and privacy.

Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries
Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries

Author: Mindy Chen-Wishart

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 789

ISBN-13: 0192535641

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Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides an authoritative account of the contract law regimes of selected Asian jurisdictions, including the major centres of commerce where limited critical commentaries have been published in the English language. Each volume in the series aims to offer an insider's perspective into specific areas of contract law - remedies, formation, parties, contents, vitiating factors, change of circumstances, illegality, and public policy - and explores how these diverse jurisdictions address common problems encountered in contractual disputes. A concluding chapter draws out the convergences and divergences, and other themes. All the Asian jurisdictions examined have inherited or adopted the common law or civil law models of European legal systems. Scholars of legal transplant will find a mine of information on how received law has developed after the initial adaptation and transplant process, including the mechanisms of and influences affecting these developments. At the same time, many points of convergence emerge. These provide good starting points for regional harmonization projects. Volume II of this series deals with contract formation and contracts for the benefit of third parties in the laws of China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Typically, each jurisdiction is covered in two chapters; the first deals with contract formation, while the second deals with contracts for the benefit of third parties.

Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism
Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism

Author: Charles R. Hankla

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1788972171

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This book argues that fiscal federalism will consistently deliver on its governance promises only when democratic decentralization is combined with the integration of political parties. It formalizes this argument and, using new data on subnational political institutions, tests it with models of education, health, and infrastructure service delivery in 135 countries across 30 years. It also presents comparative case studies of Senegal and Nigeria. The book emphasizes that a “fine balance” in local governance can be achieved when integrated party structures compensate for the potential downsides of a decentralized state.

Collective Decision-Making:
Collective Decision-Making:

Author: Norman Schofield

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9401587671

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In the last decade the techniques of social choice theory, game theory and positive political theory have been combined in interesting ways so as to pro vide a common framework for analyzing the behavior of a developed political economy. Social choice theory itself grew out of the innovative attempts by Ken neth Arrow (1951) and Duncan Black (1948, 1958) to extend the range of economic theory in order to deal with collective decision-making over public goods. Later work, by William Baumol (1952), and James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock (1962), focussed on providing an "economic" interpretation of democratic institutions. In the same period Anthony Downs (1957) sought to model representative democracy and elections while William Riker (1962) made use of work in cooperative game theory (by John von Neumann and Oscar Morgenstern, 1944) to study coalition behavior. In my view, these "rational choice" analyses of collective decision-making have their antecedents in the arguments of Adam Smith (1759, 1776), James Madison (1787) and the Marquis de Condorcet (1785) about the "design" of political institutions. In the introductory chapter to this volume I briefly describe how some of the current normative and positive aspects of social choice date back to these earlier writers.

Latin American Politics and Society
Latin American Politics and Society

Author: Gerardo L. Munck

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-06-09

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1108477313

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An engaging introduction to Latin America with a fresh, thematic approach to key political and social issues. This accessible undergraduate textbook examines the entirety of the region, addressing complex issues in a clear and direct manner. Grounded in cutting-edge research and data, concepts are illustrated through tables, maps, and timelines.