Democratic Decision-making, 2020, (Springer, Heidelberg)
Democratic Decision-making is a if not the guidebook for all involved in decision-making, from those in a local community group, via others in regional/national parliaments, to our representatives in the UN Security Council. The message is clear: if a contentious problem isn't binary, don't take a binary vote. If there are more than two options 'on the table', have more than two on the ballot: enjoy pluralism, the diversity of our species, and use a preferential vote, ideally on a (short) list of about five options. Thus can we identify the option with the highest average preference; and an average includes every voter, not just a majority of them.
The end of majority voting as a means of tackling contentious problems could mean the end of binary majority rule and resort to (post-Covid, post-climate-chaos, post-conflict) all-party power-sharing.