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homogeneous weighted majority games  

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  • Voting power in political and other decision-making bodies can often be represented by a simple game. For instance, in a parliamentary democracy, the players in the game are the political parties, which can form coalitions: a coalition is winning if it has a majority of seats, and losing otherwise. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Homogeneous Weighted Majority Games]

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