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paradox of new members  

Definition

  • The paradox of new members, discovered and named by Steven J. Brams, pertains to weighted voting games and measures of a priori voting power defined for these games. Consider a voting body consisting of n existing members, each endowed with a fixed voting weight or number of votes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Paradox Of New Members]

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