Concept information
Preferred term
tyranny of the majority and minority rights
Definition
- In his On Liberty, John Stuart Mill separates concerns about the tyranny of the majority into two distinct challenges for democracy. The first of these can be considered an institutional problem. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Tyranny of the Majority and Minority Rights]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/tyranny_of_the_majority_and_minority_rights
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