Sentences with word «majoritarianism»

Of course Mr. Robbins is right to raise objections to religious majoritarianism of any kind.

Madison's Federalist No. 10 should be seen not as a defense of radical individualism against moral majoritarianism but as a defense of republican self - government.

But, then, the dirty little secret is exposed: non-religion (or secular humanism, as Torcaso v. Watkins admitted) is just as much a religion as any other, except that by pretending to not be a religion, it becomes the Constitutionally established faith and religious test, not just for public office but anything public (public policy, the public square), whose content is defined by the clerisy of a five justice «theocratic majoritarianism.»

Apart from the religious truths that hold the state accountable through its citizenry, there is no lasting democracy, but simply majoritarianism.

The potential of being negative becomes clear when you consider the effects of acting on simple, unqualified majoritarianism, and the association with negativity becomes clear when you consider politicians today who are called populists.

On top of this, we are overturning many of the rules and conventions of our parliamentary democracy, which should encourage the search for consensus and compromise, and shun majoritarianism.

The solution, they argue is to balance pure democracy - i.e., poll - driven majoritarianism - with strong institutions that respect the civil liberties, even of the minorities.

Several African leaders are engaging in crude majoritarianism — removing term limits on the presidency or expanding penalties against homosexual behaviour, as Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni did on February 24th.

There is however the need to be guided by high ethical consideration so that we do not relapse into ultra majoritarianism, a symptom of the tyranny of the majority.

I wrote about this in a Fabian Review essay in 2007, noting that Jenkins looks at the Commons in isolation, and arguing that combining AV (a more plural majoritarianism than FPTP) with the check of a legitimate, PR - elected second chamber, could achieve broadly similar goals behind Jenkins» AV + hybrid.

As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus meaning «the fickle crowd», from which the English term «mob» was originally derived in the 1680s.

Instead, Labour needs to define and defend what can be described as a new «social democratic majoritarianism» (although it will need a better name to win the support I'm seeking to describe).

Larison, on the other hand, points out that they really aren't — or at least that their majoritarianism seems conditional on getting their way.

While the former advocated a weak confederation that would insulate the North against southern administrative hegemony, the southern bloc fought for a strong federal government with checks against majoritarianism, allowing for control of the national bureaucracy without falling victim to the North's larger population.

The most successful new democracies have all worked in large part because they avoided the temptation of majoritarianism — the notion that winning an election entitles the majority to do whatever it pleases.

The Court found that, at a minimum, the right consists of: a statutory duty to bargain in good faith; statutory recognition of the principles of exclusivity and majoritarianism; and a...

She argued that this can lead to Parliamentary supremacy and «majoritarianism» in which minorities are oppressed and citizen participation reduced to a single vote at the ballot box.