majoritarian
ഭൂരിപക്ഷ
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noun
Richard concludes his essay with an observation that I wish conservative democratic majoritarians (and their democratic compatriots on the left) would take to heart.
a person who is governed by or believes in decision by a majority.
adjective
The democracy part implies that those areas of policy requiring collective decision making will reflect majoritarian preferences.
governed by or believing in decision by a majority.
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Personally, I don't necessarily see such fragmentation as a bad thing, as it acts as a check on 'majoritarian' power.
Justice is not to be equated with the law of the state or with simple 'majoritarian' democracy.
The democracy part implies that those areas of policy requiring collective decision making will reflect 'majoritarian' preferences.
He is not a moral 'majoritarian' , but he isn't going to be extending the boundaries of personal morality either.
What they propose is not really strict construction, but 'majoritarian' tyranny.
While they have their place, referenda suffer from being overly 'majoritarian' and non-deliberative.
Given the reality of the Jim Crow South, however, 'majoritarian' democracy could hardly have been said to be in play.
The social transition has gone wrong: it is 'majoritarian' absolutism.
Nice to see George spelling out that he's in favour of 'majoritarian' rule rather than democracy.
It's an insane effort, smacking of 'majoritarian' tyranny and aggressive, hidebound religious-exclusivist ethics.
The 'majoritarian' says, ‘If you want to know who should prevail in a conflict, take a vote.’
How can 'majoritarian' politics durably sustain policies harmful to majority interests?
American politicians are much more ‘democratic’ from a 'majoritarian' point of view.
He believes the Greens' values are 'majoritarian' values that can reach across the political spectrum.
A final note: do not misinterpret this criticism as a defense of 'majoritarian' democracy.
Risk taking does not come easily to 'majoritarian' institutions.
Here is T. R. Malthus's reading of Smith which makes it clear that contemporaries regarded Smith as a 'majoritarian' .
If civil liberties are left to popular votes, they can similarly founder on the rocks of 'majoritarian' advantage.
In fact, academe's characteristic mode of governance magnifies 'majoritarian' power.
If the state's wisdom came from 'majoritarian' prejudices, rather than the expertise of its technocrats, that would take us no further.
Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this at odds with his often stated 'majoritarian' views?
The unwritten guiding premise of governance today is 'majoritarian' supremacy in the form of Hindu theocracy.
The smoking ban is probably the most topical example of a decision that comes near to enforced 'majoritarian' virtue.
Some liberals have been 'majoritarians' with a limited concern for the rights of minorities; some conservatives have been valiant defenders of the liberties of conscience and expression.
Sunstein identifies Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes as a majoritarian but says there are no consistent 'majoritarians' on today's Supreme Court.
More and more Arab 'majoritarians' are speaking up.
Elections are rarely worth defending, and certainly are not the holy things modern-day 'majoritarians' say they are.
The lines between 'majoritarianism' , nationalism, and fascism have been defiantly blurred, and quite logically.
Still, there is a distinction to be made between majority rule and 'majoritarianism' .
This 'majoritarianism' has combined with other features to provide Britain with responsible party government.
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