Populism and the will of the people: how mathematics shows populism to be meaningless
Sandmann, Jan-Paul
(2019)
Populism and the will of the people: how mathematics shows populism to be meaningless
In: LSE Research Festival 2019:New World (Dis)Orders, 2019-02-25 - 2019-03-02, London School of Economics,London,United Kingdom,GBR.
Populists across many countries have claimed to represent the "true" will of the people, and that no one else ought to have a right to offer a political alternative. Using mathematical and logical arguments from social choice theory, I show that this claim I call "moral populism" is meaningless.
| Item Type | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2019 The Author |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 17 May 2019 23:11 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100611 |
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