Majoritarian democracy

Majoritarian democracy refers to democracy based upon majority rule of a society's citizens.[1] Majoritarian democracy is the conventional form of democracy used as a political system in many countries.

Though common, majoritarian democracy is not universally accepted - majoritarian democracy was famously criticized as having the inherent danger of becoming a "tyranny of the majority" whereby the majority in society could oppress or exclude minority groups.[2] In contrast to majoritarian democracy and the perceived danger of a tyranny of the majority, consensus democracy was developed in response that emphasizes rule by as many people as possible to make government inclusive, with a majority of support from society merely being a minimal threshold.[3] Fascism rejects majoritarian democracy because the latter assumes equality of citizens and fascists claim that fascism is a form of authoritarian democracy that represents the views of a dynamic organized minority of a nation rather than the disorganized majority.[4]

References

  1. ↑ David Arter. Democracy in Scandinavia: consensual, majoritarian or mixed?. Manchester, England, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006. Pp. 15.
  2. ↑ David Arter. Democracy in Scandinavia: consensual, majoritarian or mixed?. Manchester, England, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006. Pp. 15.
  3. ↑ David Arter. Democracy in Scandinavia: consensual, majoritarian or mixed?. Manchester, England, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006. Pp. 15.
  4. ↑ Anthony Arblaster. "Democracy", Concepts in social thought.Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. Pp. 48.