Book contents
- Majority Decisions
- Majority Decisions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Putting faith to the ballot
- 3 Nested majorities
- 4 The issue of majority in a federal system
- 5 The reception of social choice theory by democratic theory*
- 6 Whatshould“majority decision” mean?
- 7 The force of majority rule
- 8 Tyranny and brutality of the majority
- 9 Two effects of a high threshold of qualified majority
- 10 Democracy, judgment, and juries
- 11 Majority rules in constitutional democracies
- 12 The majoritarian threat to democracy*
- Index
9 - Two effects of a high threshold of qualified majority
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
Book contents
- Majority Decisions
- Majority Decisions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Putting faith to the ballot
- 3 Nested majorities
- 4 The issue of majority in a federal system
- 5 The reception of social choice theory by democratic theory*
- 6 Whatshould“majority decision” mean?
- 7 The force of majority rule
- 8 Tyranny and brutality of the majority
- 9 Two effects of a high threshold of qualified majority
- 10 Democracy, judgment, and juries
- 11 Majority rules in constitutional democracies
- 12 The majoritarian threat to democracy*
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Majority DecisionsPrinciples and Practices, pp. 177 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014