Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University
After more than half a year of elections (yielding three voting stages and nine voting rounds), the 2017 Rector election at Ghent University (Belgium) resulted in a victory for the duo leading all nine voting rounds, and in a resounding defeat for the electoral system. Significant regulation changes...
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| description | After more than half a year of elections (yielding three voting stages and nine voting rounds), the 2017 Rector election at Ghent University (Belgium) resulted in a victory for the duo leading all nine voting rounds, and in a resounding defeat for the electoral system. Significant regulation changes were needed in order to break the institutional deadlock in which Ghent University found itself. In this paper, we follow the timeline of the election and dissect what went wrong in the election planning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3b3c6e0a59c42bb9d2f1832799d09ef2022-12-22T04:24:28ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992019-01-0171210.3390/economies7010002economies7010002Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent UniversityRaúl Pérez-Fernández0José Luis García-Lapresta1Bernard De Baets2KERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumPRESAD Research Group, BORDA Research Unit, IMUVA, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, SpainKERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumAfter more than half a year of elections (yielding three voting stages and nine voting rounds), the 2017 Rector election at Ghent University (Belgium) resulted in a victory for the duo leading all nine voting rounds, and in a resounding defeat for the electoral system. Significant regulation changes were needed in order to break the institutional deadlock in which Ghent University found itself. In this paper, we follow the timeline of the election and dissect what went wrong in the election planning.http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/7/1/2electionrectorGhent Universitymajority decisionmajority judgment |
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| title | Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University |
| title_full | Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University |
| title_fullStr | Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University |
| title_short | Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: 2017 Rector Election at Ghent University |
| title_sort | chronicle of a failure foretold 2017 rector election at ghent university |
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