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Browsing Max Weber Programme (MWP) by Subject "voting rules"
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Title:Consensus Procedures in International Organizations
Author(s):LOCKWOOD PAYTON, AutumnDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Why do states occasionally select two di_erent mechanisms to govern decision-making in international organizations (IOs), one that provides for formal voting and another in which decisions are taken through consensus? ...
Title:Fixing the Quorum: Representation versus Abstention
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The majority of the participating voters in referenda does not
necessarily re°ect the majority of the whole population since voters can ab-
stain. This paper shows that a quorum exists for which the outcome of the
referendum ...