DeBorda Institute

The Ashgate Research Companion to War

Deborda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:19 +0000

The above anthology includes one chapter from the de Borda Institute: Majority rule - a cause of war? The book is due to be published in February. See www.ashgate.com

Scotland's Referendum

Deborda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:09 +0000

Both the British and the Scottish Governments have published papers on the proposed referendum. Both want either one and/or two majority votes. Neither talk about preference voting. So we have responded: this one is to Edinburgh, and here's the London one.

DEFINING DEMOCRACY - launch

Deborda — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:19:07 +0000

Defining Democracy will be launched in the House of Lords on Tues. 31st January 2012. All being well, speakers will include Lord Paddy Ashdown, Lord Mike Boyce and Prof. Elizabeth Meehan. The book is now on-line at

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-20904-8#section=997930&page=1&locus=25

The original Borda count and partial voting

Deborda — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:46:12 +0000

The de Borda Institute has long since advocated the Modified Borda Count (MBC), but maybe this is what Jean-Charles de Borda had actually wanted. Social Choice and Welfare has now published the director's article, as entitled above, and it's available online on http://www.springerlink.com/content/k476366236x10402/

Polish Green Network

Deborda — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:24:50 +0000

"Towards a More Inclusive Democracy" is part of an anthology - Food and Democracy - edited by Marcin Gerwin and published by the Polish Green Network. And here it is.

Defining Democracy, 2nd edition

Deborda — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:35:05 +0000

Springer is scheduled to publish a second and much expanded edition of Defining Democracy later this year. Here is the flyer. The book is scheduled to be available on-line and in hard copy in December, 2011.

The latest on the Matrix Vote

Deborda — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:27:45 +0000

I presented a paper to the EPSU conference in Dublin on why the matrix vote is so important, and here it is. It includes a modification to the ideas published in Voting Matters No 29, and this improvement is in this brief extract.

The Matrix Vote

Deborda — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:05:36 +0000

The Iraqi parliament took 249 days of embattled negotiations to form a government; a world record (which has now been captured by the Belgians). With a matrix vote, it could have all been done in a forenoon. The Matrix Vote: Electing an all-party Coalition Cabinet is published in Voting Matters, No 29, and is available here.

AV or FPP? The UK referendum on May 5th.

Deborda — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:59:35 +0000

'Do you want to stick with David Cameron's first preference or do you want to change to his second preference?' {By his dictat, his (and our) other preferences are not up for discussion.} The FPP versus AV debate has become very acrimonious. Of course it has. (And here's why.)

Irish General Election, Feb 2011

Deborda — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:44:22 +0000

The de Borda Institute was accreditied to observe the General Election, and here is the report.