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A study of weighted voting at the United Nations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6271114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hanna Newcombe, Christopher Young (0000-0001-9350-9911), Elia Sinaiko |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 579-586 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020818300026515 |
| OpenAlex | W1970231945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Weighted voting at the UN has been suggested for various reasons: (1) to overcome the problems of the mini-states now being admitted, with one vote just as the very large states have; (2) to prevent voting in the General Assembly from swinging any further in the anti-West, anti-Israel direction; (3) to satisfy the requirements of democratic justice: i.e., “one person-one vote,” not “one nation-one vote”; and, (4) to reflect more realistically the distribution of power among nations
Cardinal voting systems · Democracy · Economic Justice · Economics · First-past-the-post voting · General assembly · Group voting ticket · Law and economics · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Straight-ticket voting · Voting · Weighted voting · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Political Conflict and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1983 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |