Geometric vulnerability of democratic institutions against lobbying: A sociophysics approach

DOI10.1142/S0218202517400012zbMath1355.91043arXiv1701.02621OpenAlexW2556218092MaRDI QIDQ2963624

Serge Galam

Publication date: 15 February 2017

Published in: Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.02621

zbMATH Keywords

lobbyingdemocratic votingbottom-up hierarchiesdemocratic vulnerabilityKilling geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12) Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10)

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