Dictatorship effect of majority rule in voting in hierarchical systems

Self-Organisation and Evolution of Social Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 140-150

  Galam, Serge ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

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EID: 84857835293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542275.010     Document Type: Chapter

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