Majority Judgment
Measuring, Ranking, and Electing
By Michel Balinski, Rida Laraki | Publisher: MIT Press
About the book
An account of a new theory and method of voting, judging and ranking, majority judgment, shown to be superior to all other known methods.
In Majority Judgment, Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki argue that the traditional theory of social choice offers no acceptable solution to the problems of how to elect, to judge, or to rank. They find that the traditional model—transforming the \"preference lists\" of individuals into a \"preference list\" of society—is fundamentally flawed in both theory and practice. Balinski and Laraki propose a more realistic model. It leads to an entirely new theory and method—majority judgment—proven superior to all known methods. It is at once meaningful, resists strategic manipulation, elicits honesty, and is not subject to the classical paradoxes encountered in practice, notably Condorcet's and Arrow's. They offer theoretical, practical, and experimental evidence—from national elections to figure skating competitions—to support their arguments. Drawing on insights from wine, sports, music, and other competitions, Balinski and Laraki argue that the question should not be how to transform many individual rankings into a single collective ranking, but rather, after defining a common language of grades to measure merit, how to transform the many individual evaluations of each competitor into a single collective evaluation of all competitors. The crux of the matter is a new model in which the traditional paradigm—to compare—is replaced by a new paradigm—to evaluate.
Editions of Majority Judgment
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780262015134
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780262545716
- EBook
- ISBN 9780262294454
- EBook
- ISBN 9780262295604
- EBook
- ISBN 9780262296335
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An account of a new theory and method of voting, judging and ranking, majority judgment, shown to be superior to all other known methods.
In Majority Judgment, Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki argue that the traditional theory of social choice offers no acceptable solution to the problems of how to elect, to judge, or to rank. They find that the traditional model—transforming the \"preference lists\" of individuals into a \"preference list\" of society—is fundamentally flawed in both theory and practice. Balinski and Laraki propose a more realistic model. It leads to an entirely new theory and method—majority judgment—proven superior to all known methods. It is at once meaningful, resists strategic manipulation, elicits honesty, and is not subject to the classical paradoxes encountered in practice, notably Condorcet's and Arrow's. They offer theoretical, practical, and experimental evidence—from national elections to figure skating competitions—to support their arguments. Drawing on insights from wine, sports, music, and other competitions, Balinski and Laraki argue that the question should not be how to transform many individual rankings into a single collective ranking, but rather, after defining a common language of grades to measure merit, how to transform the many individual evaluations of each competitor into a single collective evaluation of all competitors. The crux of the matter is a new model in which the traditional paradigm—to compare—is replaced by a new paradigm—to evaluate.
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An account of a new theory and method of voting, judging and ranking, majority judgment, shown to be superior to all other known methods.
In Majority Judgment, Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki argue that the traditional theory of social choice offers no acceptable solution to the problems of how to elect, to judge, or to rank. They find that the traditional model—transforming the \"preference lists\" of individuals into a \"preference list\" of society—is fundamentally flawed in both theory and practice. Balinski and Laraki propose a more realistic model. It leads to an entirely new theory and method—majority judgment—proven superior to all known methods. It is at once meaningful, resists strategic manipulation, elicits honesty, and is not subject to the classical paradoxes encountered in practice, notably Condorcet's and Arrow's. They offer theoretical, practical, and experimental evidence—from national elections to figure skating competitions—to support their arguments. Drawing on insights from wine, sports, music, and other competitions, Balinski and Laraki argue that the question should not be how to transform many individual rankings into a single collective ranking, but rather, after defining a common language of grades to measure merit, how to transform the many individual evaluations of each competitor into a single collective evaluation of all competitors. The crux of the matter is a new model in which the traditional paradigm—to compare—is replaced by a new paradigm—to evaluate.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Majority Judgment?
Society and Social Sciences > Politics and government > Political activism / Political engagement > Political campaigning and advertising
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Majority Judgment?
Michel Balinski, Rida Laraki
Who is the Publisher of the book Majority Judgment?
MIT Press
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Majority Judgment is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780262015134) and paperback(ISBN 9780262545716) and ebook(ISBN 9780262294454) and ebook(ISBN 9780262295604) and ebook(ISBN 9780262296335)
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