Adjective : majoritarian democracy. ,majoritarian politics. From Dictionary.com.
Let me add that conservatives have been wildly inconsistent in making their "majoritarian" criticisms. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
So, George Soros isn't happy people legitimately oppose Obama's hypocritical "majoritarian" pen stroke?. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Labor will have to swap its "majoritarian" culture for a more consultative way of working if it wants to lead a stable government, says John Wanna, a professor of politics at the. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Let's see what we think in a majoritarian society. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2005] Reference
Term it national majoritarian, in counting electoral votes. From Wordnik.com. [William E. Jackson Jr.: Federalized Democracy: How We Elect the President -- and a Prediction] Reference
It isn't a majoritarian solution to the filibuster problem. From Wordnik.com. [Wrapping up Senate reform with Superbill] Reference
Constitutional Court over his exercise of majoritarian power. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Bucking the majoritarian trend can often invite peril though. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed] Reference
Political parties, on the other hand, are majoritarian by nature. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: Judicial Nominees, the ABA and the "Liberal" Bias] Reference
Council, and not by a majoritarian interim government after elections. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There are no majoritarian aspects to this movement anymore, if there ever was. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Ron Stief: Thanks, Jerry Falwell . . . for Making Me Go to Seminary!] Reference
He was a majoritarian who believed in populism and the people wanted this law. From Wordnik.com. [Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion] Reference
We have an Upper House in this country that is counter-majoritarian in concept. From Wordnik.com. [Eric L. Lewis: The Tyranny of the Minority] Reference
Third, the AKP moved from a pluralist to a majoritarian understanding of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream of a New Turkey] Reference
Mr Schwarz pointed out that the US democracy was not a simple majoritarian government. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Let us not, in this campaign, prejudge any voters, for Green values are majoritarian values. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Green Party Officially Nominates Ralph Nader as Their Presidential Candidate - June 25, 2000] Reference
He was on the one hand a majoritarian, of course, that majority in a free republic should rule. From Wordnik.com. [To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders] Reference
In truth, free markets, limited government, and entrepreneurship are still a majoritarian taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism] Reference
Or, the AKP might challenge the court and continue to bolster its later majoritarian tendencies. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream of a New Turkey] Reference
More importantly, the health care debate reveals in full the Senate's anti-majoritarian tendencies. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: The Problem Is Minority Rule] Reference
The system's purpose would be to curb the growth of bureaucracy and to prevent majoritarian tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This perpetuation of a temporary measure is often seen as a manifestation of majoritarian domination. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Returning the Senate to majoritarian rule is, in my view, the most important challenge facing the country. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Pope: Playing by Polish Rule] Reference
For the same reason the Tories 'proposal of majoritarian electoral systems for both chambers is also absurd. From Wordnik.com. [How to square the electoral reform circle] Reference
The constitutional option to change Senate rules and procedures: a majoritarian means to over come the filibuster. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Filibuster Isn't Going Anywhere] Reference
The alternative is to retain a majoritarian electoral system for the Commons, and instead introduce PR for the Lords. From Wordnik.com. [How to square the electoral reform circle] Reference
The agreement gave up all pretence at resisting a majoritarian approach to the writing of a new constitution, with the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
So, as the elections will hopefully show -- that the Sunnis are willing to participate in a majoritarian of government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2004] Reference
The court's decision last month further consolidated support for the party while solidifying its majoritarian tendencies. From Wordnik.com. [Ankara’s Quiet Revolution] Reference
The adoption of the Constitution was … the most participatory, majoritarian, and populist event the Earth had ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [We the People: A Time for Decision] Reference
He said the National Party had practiced majoritarian politics and now that the country was changing it wanted to deviate from. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: The Problem Is Minority Rule] Reference
National Unity unless it secures the right to criticise majoritarian decisions by that body, DP PWV leader Tony Leon said on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The real test of any majoritarian method is whether or not the correct candidate wins, but France's antiquated method fails that test. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: France's Presidential Election Method is Flawed] Reference
The danger is that without protections against majoritarian tyranny like in America, that xenophobia may find expression in destructive ways. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmed Moor: Europe's Anti-Muslim Racism] Reference
It's time for the Democrats and Republicans to produce a new ending by fashioning a fair, majoritarian system for electing our nation's highest offices. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: A Way Out of the Nader Dilemma] Reference
It's not at all at odds with fundamental Baptist principles of liberty and protection from a majoritarian ethic that imposes its standards on the minority. From Wordnik.com. [Randall Balmer: Rick Warren and Prop 8 -- He Knows Better] Reference
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