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The Punters' Guide to Democracy

What it is, Sadly; and What it Could be, Gladly

by Peter Emerson ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims toshow that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate;prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic;highlight more ... Read more

$31.49 USD

This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims toshow that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate;prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic;highlight more
... Read more
From Majority Rule to Inclusive Politics

by Peter Emerson ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This book discusses voting procedures in collective decision-making. Drawing on well-established election processes from all over the world, the author presents a voting procedure that allows for the speedy but fair election of a proportional, all-party coalition. The methodology - a matrix vote - is accurate, robust and ethno-color blind. In the vote, the counting procedure encourages all ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book discusses voting procedures in collective decision-making. Drawing on well-established election processes from all over the world, the author presents a voting procedure that allows for the speedy but fair election of a proportional, all-party coalition. The methodology - a matrix vote - is accurate, robust and ethno-color blind. In the vote, the counting procedure encourages all
... Read more
Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism

Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy

by Peter Emerson ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This timely book presents a critique of binary majority rule and provides insights into why, in many instances, the outcome of a two-option ballot does not accurately reflect the will of the people. Based on the author's first-hand experience, majority-voting is argued to be a catalyst of populism and its divisive outcomes have prompted countless disputes throughout Europe and Asia. In like manner ... Read more

$58.49 USD

This timely book presents a critique of binary majority rule and provides insights into why, in many instances, the outcome of a two-option ballot does not accurately reflect the will of the people. Based on the author's first-hand experience, majority-voting is argued to be a catalyst of populism and its divisive outcomes have prompted countless disputes throughout Europe and Asia. In like manner
... Read more
Democratic Decision-making

Consensus Voting for Civic Society and Parliaments

by Peter Emerson ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This book provides a practical guide to how groups of people, everywhere, from the local village council to the United Nations Security Council, can best make collective decisions. By comparing the many voting procedures used in democratic decision-making, it explains why win-or-lose binary voting can be inaccurate and divisive, while the more inclusive preferential points system of voting can be ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book provides a practical guide to how groups of people, everywhere, from the local village council to the United Nations Security Council, can best make collective decisions. By comparing the many voting procedures used in democratic decision-making, it explains why win-or-lose binary voting can be inaccurate and divisive, while the more inclusive preferential points system of voting can be
... Read more
Defining Democracy

Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance

by Peter Emerson ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Defining Democracy looks both at the theory of why and the history of how different voting procedures have come to be used – or not, as the case may be – in the three fields of democratic structures: firstly, in decision-making, both in society at large and in the elected chamber; secondly, in elections to and within those chambers; and thirdly, in the various forms of governance, from no-party to ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Defining Democracy looks both at the theory of why and the history of how different voting procedures have come to be used – or not, as the case may be – in the three fields of democratic structures: firstly, in decision-making, both in society at large and in the elected chamber; secondly, in elections to and within those chambers; and thirdly, in the various forms of governance, from no-party to
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Essays: First Series. History

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

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55 min

Time does not hold history—people do. Emerson's History is not a chronicle of names and dates, not a reverence for the past, but a revelation: every life is a vessel of all that came before. The individual is not separate from history but its continuation, its living pulse.Emerson does not ask his readers to study history; he asks them to recognize themselves within it. Every triumph, every ... Read more

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Time does not hold history—people do. Emerson's History is not a chronicle of names and dates, not a reverence for the past, but a revelation: every life is a vessel of all that came before. The individual is not separate from history but its continuation, its living pulse.Emerson does not ask his readers to study history; he asks them to recognize themselves within it. Every triumph, every
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Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever

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by Peter B. Kyne, Bryce Emerson ...

In "Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever," Peter B. Kyne delivers a captivating narrative that blends humor, adventure, and a deep-seated understanding of human resilience. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, the story follows the titular character, Cappy Ricks, as he navigates the trials of retirement while confronting the enduring ... Read more

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In "Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever," Peter B. Kyne delivers a captivating narrative that blends humor, adventure, and a deep-seated understanding of human resilience. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, the story follows the titular character, Cappy Ricks, as he navigates the trials of retirement while confronting the enduring
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75+ Ralph Waldo Emerson Collection. Collected Essays, Poems, Speeches

Self-Reliance, Nature, The Conduct of Life, Compensation, The American Scholar, May-Day And Other Pieces, Elements And Mottoes, Brahma, Days, The Snow-Storm, Concord Hymn and others

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrated by Mark Bowen, Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

19 hours 52 min

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs ... Read more

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs
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The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature, Self-Reliance, Compensation, The American Scholar and other essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrated by Mark Bowen, Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

10 hours

Emerson's enduring reputation, however, is as a philosopher, an aphoristic writer (like Friedrich Nietzsche) and a quintessentially American thinker whose championing of the American Transcendental movement and influence on Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, William James, and others would alone secure him a prominent place in American cultural history. Emerson is often characterized as an ... Read more

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Emerson's enduring reputation, however, is as a philosopher, an aphoristic writer (like Friedrich Nietzsche) and a quintessentially American thinker whose championing of the American Transcendental movement and influence on Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, William James, and others would alone secure him a prominent place in American cultural history. Emerson is often characterized as an
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Public Lands And The U.s. Economy

Balancing Conservation And Development

by George M Johnston, Peter Emerson ...

Current law requires the federal government to fulfill a broad spectrum of responsibilities in managing public lands; to protect and conserve the environment; to foster the appropriate development of marketable commodities; to preserve wilderness areas, wildlife habitats, and unique historical sites; and to encourage public participation in land-use and management decisions. There is no consensus, ... Read more

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Current law requires the federal government to fulfill a broad spectrum of responsibilities in managing public lands; to protect and conserve the environment; to foster the appropriate development of marketable commodities; to preserve wilderness areas, wildlife habitats, and unique historical sites; and to encourage public participation in land-use and management decisions. There is no consensus,
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Essays: First Series. The Over-Soul

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

45 min

Ralph Waldo Emerson's The Over-Soul isn't just an essay—it's a revelation. It speaks of a vast, unshakable presence within us all, a silent force that knows, guides, and connects. Beyond intellect, beyond ego, Emerson leads us to the infinite.The Over-Soul is the quiet voice of truth, the source of wisdom that needs no teacher. It is intuition over logic, unity over isolation. When we listen, the ... Read more

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Ralph Waldo Emerson's The Over-Soul isn't just an essay—it's a revelation. It speaks of a vast, unshakable presence within us all, a silent force that knows, guides, and connects. Beyond intellect, beyond ego, Emerson leads us to the infinite.The Over-Soul is the quiet voice of truth, the source of wisdom that needs no teacher. It is intuition over logic, unity over isolation. When we listen, the
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Nature

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

42 min

Emerson's Nature is not just an essay—it's a rebellion against confinement, an argument against secondhand wisdom. He strips away artifice, forcing us to confront the raw, untamed presence of the world. To walk through the woods, he suggests, is to be undressed of civilization, to shed the weight of customs, history, and ego. Nature demands no commentary, no theory—it simply is.This is not the ... Read more

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Emerson's Nature is not just an essay—it's a rebellion against confinement, an argument against secondhand wisdom. He strips away artifice, forcing us to confront the raw, untamed presence of the world. To walk through the woods, he suggests, is to be undressed of civilization, to shed the weight of customs, history, and ego. Nature demands no commentary, no theory—it simply is.This is not the
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