collective decision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollectiveanddecision
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collective
adjective[before noun]
uk/kəˈlek.tɪv/us/kəˈlek.tɪv/
of or shared by every member of a group ...
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decision
noun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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In addition,collectivedecision-making involves a significant loss of control for individual state executives.
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Thus, even when one's vote has no effect on thecollectivedecision, voting for one's preferred outcome is an assertion of being able to cause.
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The emphasis oncollectivedecision-making, rather than departmental autonomy, reflects not only the constitutional requirement that the government stand united in parliament.
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The specificcollectivedecisionrule used depends on the politics of the society.
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It starts from an orthodox description ofcollectivedecision-making as an aggregation of preferences among fully informed individuals.
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Discussion leading to acollectivedecisionwas probably more typical.
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It is that an account ofcollectivedecision-making is incomplete unless it is grounded on propositions about individuals' preferences.
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In the absence of corrective mechanisms,collectivedecision-making will be biased in the opposite direction.
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There are at least four ways in which dimension-specific aggregation can help solve acollectivedecisionproblem.
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I have argued that the theory of choice should allow teams of individuals to becollectivedecision-making agents and to have preferences.
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In recent decades, political science has turned to the study of agenda setting as a central aspect ofcollectivedecision-making environments.
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The above list does not claim to be exhaustive, but it does cover a wide range of generic problems incollectivedecision-making.
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If you find the example of the book too esoteric, imagine that thecollectivedecisionconcerns the tax-redistribution rates, so that it allocates to each individual a post-fisc income.
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Every important component of the reform package is the answer to one or several of the generic problems associated withcollectivedecision-making in the fiscal policy area.
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This suggests that these nurses were not in a position to make acollectivedecisioneither to lead integration or actively to resist the suggested change.
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The will of all is too strong a requirement ofcollectivedecision-making and the basis on which minorities (of even one) can block or forestall public responses to key issues.
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If representatives are accountable only to their own group they leave others (perhaps the majority) without representation, limit their legitimacy ascollectivedecision-makers, and may undermine deliberation itself.
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The paper analyses a number of generic problems ofcollectivedecision-making in the fiscal policy area and their relation to fundamental values upon which democratic states are built.
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