Focus on a number of important theorems and their proofs drawn from such areas as bargaining, deterrence, public goods, collective choice, electoral politics, and new institutionalism.
Whereas in the old system, extreme views would alienate moderate members, in the new system, "members may be willing to accept the risk of extreme leaders, and the potential for nonmedian policy outcomes, in exchange for the collective benefit of electoral resources".
But they still had little collective sense of the electoral calamity in store.
To be sure, it can be argued that the P.R.I. created a collective monarchy with the electoral forms of a republic.
Peter Buisseret's research is focused on political economy theory, and understanding how political institutions such as legislative process and electoral rules affect collective decision-making in societies.
Hence, the "engineered" election was "reverse-engineered" by the collective genius of Iran's electoral majority.
In addition, their civic practices, from debate, to protesting, to community electoral politics, to collective action, showcase how this medium for personal expression and social connection can be a critical space to support forms of actualizing and dutiful citizenship.
The long-term threat to centre-left politics is the continuing decline of confidence in collective action, reflected in plummeting electoral participation among the young, the economically marginalised and the politically disaffected.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. and other experts performed a forensic autopsy on the 2004 election and pronounced their collective diagnosis -- the American electoral process was deeply traumatized, chronically dysfunctional and susceptible to covert abuse by computerized criminals.
