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Conceptions of and Corrections to Majoritarian Tyranny.
The fundamental tenet of democracy is that the majority rules. Yet as James Madison wrote, 'Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.' In this focused new work, Don Beahm synthesizes some of the most powerful conceptualizations of, and corrections to,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The fundamental tenet of democracy is that the majority rules. Yet as James Madison wrote, 'Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.' In this focused new work, Don Beahm synthesizes some of the most powerful conceptualizations of, and corrections to, the majority tyranny as explicated by James Madison, Alexis de Tocqueville, John C. Calhoun, Robert A. Dahl, and Lani Guinier. In conjunction with this synthesis, Beahm presents his analysis of the main causes of majoritarian tyranny, concluding that while American two-party politics, winner-take-all distric. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | References. Chapter 4-Calhoun; Calhoun's Tyranny of the Majority; Calhoun's Addition to the Definition of Tyranny; Calhoun's View of Rights; Calhoun's Corrections to the Tyranny of the Majority; Notes; References; Chapter 5-Dahl and Guinier; Dahl's Argument against a Theory of the Tyranny of the Majority; Dahl's Addition to the Definition of Tyranny; Dahl's Perception of Rights; Dahl's Corrections to the Tyranny of the Majority; Guinier's Tyranny of the Majority; Guinier's Addition to the Definition of Tyranny; Guinier's Perception of Rights. |
| ISBN: | 9780739153390 0739153390 0739106597 9780739106594 |