Epistemic aspects of representative government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6260877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Goodin (0000-0002-1704-5817, Australian National University, corresponding author), Kai Spiekermann (0000-0003-4983-5589, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-325 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-7739 • E-ISSN: 1755-7747 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1755773911000245 |
| OpenAlex | W2165966529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
The Federalist, justifying the Electoral College to elect the president, claimed that a small group of more informed individuals would make a better decision than the general mass. But the Condorcet Jury Theorem tells us that the more independent, better-than-random voters there are, the more likely it will be that the majority among them will be correct. The question thus arises as to how much better, on average, members of the smaller group would have to be to compensate for the epistemic costs of making decisions on the basis of that many fewer votes. This question is explored in the contexts of referendum democracy, delegate-style representative democracy, and trustee-style representative democracy
Condorcet method · Delegate · Democracy · Federalist · Government (linguistics · Jury · Law and economics · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Representative democracy · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Game Theory and Applications · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Law · Philosophy
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Deliberative Democracy and Beyond
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To vote or not to vote
Belief merging and the discursive dilemma
A Model of Jury Decisions where all Jurors have the same Evidence
Democratic Answers to Complex Questions – An Epistemic Perspective
A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades
On the Significance of the Absolute Margin
Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice
The Condorcet Jury Theorem, Free Speech, and Correlated Votes
Considered Opinions
Information Aggregation, Rationality, and the Condorcet Jury Theorem
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Convicting the Innocent
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |