A Theory of Political Decision Modes: Intraparty Decision Making in Switzerland

by Jürg Steiner and Robert H. Dorff

Book Overview

The authors present a new theory of decision-making that provides modes that can be used to describe such widely diverse political entities as the British cabinet, a Quaker meeting, or a village meeting in the Sudan. By studying the Free Democratic party in Switzerland, the authors produced four decision modes: decision by majority vote, decision by amicable agreement, non-decision, and the mode they develop and describe in the book--decision by interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807836664
• ISBN13: 9780807836668
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"