کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1137622 1489188 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Don’t let the lawyers do the math: Some problems of legislative districting in the UK and the USA
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی کنترل و سیستم های مهندسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Don’t let the lawyers do the math: Some problems of legislative districting in the UK and the USA
چکیده انگلیسی

A fair allocation of electoral districts would give each citizen as near as possible an equal share of power, as measured by standard power indices which operationalize ‘power’ as ‘pivotality’. The practical difficulties of implementing this principle are discussed, with reference to the UK and the USA. The history of attempts to achieve equal districts in each country is reviewed. It is shown that equal-population (or equal electorate) districts are a necessary condition for each citizen to have an identical power index, but not a sufficient one; and that it is impossible to achieve descriptive representation (where each gender, ethnic group, and/or political party is represented in the legislature in the same proportion as in the population) while retaining single-member districts. Some open issues in the mathematics of redistricting are listed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Mathematical and Computer Modelling - Volume 48, Issues 9–10, November 2008, Pages 1446–1454
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