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Fair models of political fairness
Author(s) -
MEUR Gisèle,
HUBAUT Xavier
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1986.tb00832.x
Subject(s) - arrow , simple (philosophy) , representation (politics) , politics , mathematical economics , economics , positive economics , econometrics , microeconomics , mathematics , computer science , political science , epistemology , law , philosophy , programming language
. In this note we study different methods of aggregation of preferences met on the occasion of elections. Through a simple geometrical representation, we analyse several of their properties, in particular those linked to Arrow's theorem for ordinal rankings; we pursue this discussion in the case of cardinal rankings, the qualities of which convince us of the usefulness of experiencing their introduction in real ballots.