@article{845b4e6c6ecd486c8721e39a6d0a7e99,
title = "Between liberalism and democracy",
abstract = "We study and characterize axiomatically a class of voting rules, called consent rules, that incorporate aspects of majoritarianism and liberalism. An outcome of the vote specifies who among the voters are eligible to a certain right or qualification. Each outcome serves also as a permissible ballot. Consent rules are parameterized by the weights given to individuals in determining their own qualification. In one of these rules, the liberal rule, each individual's qualification is determined by her. In other rules, an individual's qualification requires social consent in various degrees. We also show the relation between self-determination and the liberal rule.",
keywords = "Consent rules, Democracy, Liberalism, Majority, Self-determination, Voting",
author = "Dov Samet and David Schmeidler",
note = "Funding Information: We are indebted to Itzhak Gilboa for suggesting an improvement of the axiomatic characterization, and to Ben Polak for many comments and suggestions that improved the paper. David Schmeidler gratefully acknowledges ISF Grant No. 790/00.",
year = "2003",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00080-2",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "110",
pages = "213--233",
journal = "Journal of Economic Theory",
issn = "0022-0531",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "2",
}