Review article

THEORY OF PUBLIC CHOICE AND VOTING PARADOXES

Dario Ciraki ; George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA

Abstract

The significance of the positive political theory is recognized in the text and a special emphasis given to the theory of public choice and the theory of voting. The main reasons for the study of political, particularly electoral processes from the viewpoint of the positive theory are listed. The author further questions certain fundamental postulates of the normative theories of democracy and their unviability. He goes on to analyse the phenomenon of the so called electoral or voting paradoxes and their possible influence on electoral results and, ultimately, on the democratic norms themselves. The existence of the voting paradoxes and their theoretical rationale is considered unequivocal and is mathematically proved. The author also gives a review of the most significant works on voting paradoxes and the theory of public choice.

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Hrčak ID:

105924

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105924

Publication date:

18.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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