robert bristow-johnson wrote:
On Apr 15, 2011, at 8:59 PM, ⸘Ŭalabio‽ wrote:
“Owen Dalby” owen.da...@gmail.com:
I apologize if I am asking a dumb question, but would appreciate
any honest and practical advice from this list. I am conducting an
election among a group of colleagues
“Robert Bristow-Johnson” r...@audioimagination.com:
On Apr 15, 2011, at 8:59 PM, ??alabio? wrote:
?Owen Dalby? owen.da...@gmail.com:
I apologize if I am asking a dumb question, but would appreciate any
honest and practical advice from this list. I am conducting an
What are the reasons behind the square roots and cube roots? Can you
point me toward some research papers or something please?
Also, in tiered representation, I would expect the representatives at
one tier to elect the representatives at the next (from among
themselves), but the United States
A standard source on the cube root rule for the (approximately) best
size of a legislative body is Rein Taagepera and Matthew Shugart, Seats
Votes (Yale University Press, 1989), pages 172-183. They provide
both empirical evidence and a conceptual explanation. I'm not familiar
with any basis
Thanks! Unfortunately, it seems to be an expensive and
difficult-to-find book. Most things I've been able to find in the last
45 minutes (obviously not very long) seems to indicate that it is
descriptive rather than prescriptive, though. For example:
2011-04-17T00:11:49Z, “Evan Dower” evantd+elector...@gmail.com:
What are the reasons behind the square roots and cube roots? Can you
point me toward some research papers or something please?
I shall explain myself; but zerothly however, read this:
I wouldn't describe the Taagepera and Shugart treatment as
prescriptive. Rather, they come up with an explanation for the
observed regularity in terms of bi-directional communication links among
members of the legislature and bi-directional communication links
between legislators and
