majority rule

(noun)

A decision rule whereby the decisions of the numerical majority of a group will bind on the whole group.

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Examples of majority rule in the following topics:

  • Winning an Election: Majority, Plurality, and Proportional Representation

    • Common voting systems are majority rule, proportional representation, or plurality voting with a number of criteria for the winner.
    • Majority rule is a decision rule that selects the option which has a majority, that is, more than half the votes.
    • Some scholars have recommended against the use of majority rule, at least under certain circumstances, due to an ostensible trade-off between the benefits of majority rule and other values important to a democratic society.
    • Being a binary decision rule, majority rule has little use in public elections, with many referendums being an exception.
    • Compare and contrast the voting systems of majority rule, proportional representation and plurality voting

  • Popular Consent, Majority Rule, and Popular Sovereignty

    • Popular consent, majority rule, and popular sovereignty are related concepts that form the basis of democratic government.
    • Majority rule is a decision rule that selects the option which has more than half the votes.
    • Some scholars have recommended against the use of majority rule, at least under certain circumstances, due to an ostensible trade-off between the benefits of majority rule and other values important to a democratic society.
    • Most famously, it has been argued that majority rule might lead to a "tyranny of the majority," and the use of a supermajority and constitutional limits on government power have been recommended to mitigate these effects.
    • Recently some voting theorists have argued that majority rule is the rule that best protects minorities.

  • Public Choice: Median Voters and Inefficient Voting Outcomes

    • The system enforces rules to ensure valid voting, accurate tabulation, and a final result.
    • Common voting systems include majority rule, proportional representation, or plurality voting.
    • The Condorcet method of voting consists of any election method that elects candidate that would win by majority rule in all pairings against the other candidates.
    • In this case, the requirement of majority rule does not provide a clear winner.
    • The Condorcet method states that a candidate wins by majority rule.

  • Conclusion: The Development of Democracy

    • Whereas the founders of the new nation envisioned the United States as a republic, not a democracy, and had placed safeguards such as the Electoral College in the 1787 Constitution to prevent simple majority rule, the early 1820s saw many Americans embracing majority rule and rejecting old forms of deference that were based on elite ideas of virtue, learning, and family lineage.
    • Characteristics of modern American democracy, including the turbulent nature of majority rule, first appeared during the Age of Jackson.
    • Political authority appeared to rest with the majority as never before.
    • As the will of the majority became the rule of the day, everyone outside of mainstream, white American opinion—especially American Indians and African Americans—was vulnerable to the wrath of the majority.
    • A new political era of democracy had begun, one characterized by the rule of the majority.

  • The Mongol Threat

    • The Mongol Empire expanded its holdings in the 13th century and established its rule over most of the major Kievan Rus' principalities after brutal military invasions over the course of many years.
    • For the next three years the Mongol forces took over the major princely cities of Kievan Rus’ and finally forced most principalities to submit to foreign rule and taxation.
    • All the major principalities, such as Novgorod, Smolensk, and Pskov, submitted to Mongol rule.
    • Culturally, the Mongol rule brought about major shifts during the first century of their presence.
    • Many scholars also note that the Mongol rule was a major cause of the division of East Slavic people in Rus’ into three distinctive modern-day nations, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

  • Introduction

    • But all you really need to know are the name of the chord, your major scales and minor scales, and a few rules, and you can figure out the notes in any chord for yourself.
    • You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads.
    • One way to do this is by using the rules for intervals.
    • If you would prefer this method, but need to brush up on your scales, please see Major Keys and Scales and Minor Keys and Scales.
    • The basic rules for these are all found below.

  • Hindu Rajput Kingdoms

    • The Rajputs were patrilineal clans, ruling a majority of Hindu princely states in northern India between the 6th and 20th centuries.
    • The Rajputs rose to prominence between the 6th and 12th centuries, establishing the overwhelming majority of Hindu princely states in Rajasthan and Surashtra in northwestern India, which they ruled until the twentieth century.
    • Some important dynasties include the Chauhan Dynasty of Ajmer and Delhi, which ruled between 956 and 1192 and whose famous leader Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad of Ghor, a Persian conqueror, in battle; the Solanki Dynasty, which ruled present-day Gujarat between 945 and 1297; and the Chandela Dynasty, which ruled the Bundelkhand Region of central India between the 10th and 13th centuries and built the famous carved Hindu temples of Khajuraho between 950 and 1150 .
    • Through their many centuries of rule in northern India, the Rajputs built spectacular forts and palaces .
    • It was built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Rao Jaisal and played a major role in trade with Persia, Arabia, Egypt, and Africa.

  • Differences Between GAAP and IFRS and Implications of Potential Convergence

    • A major difference between GAAP and IFRS is that GAAP is rule-based, whereas IFRS is principle-based.
    • A major difference between GAAP and IFRS is that GAAP is rule-based, whereas IFRS is principle-based.
    • This could lead to fewer exceptions than a rules-based system.
    • Convergence is also taking place in other countries, with "all major economies" planning to either adopt the IFRS or converge towards it, "in the near future. " For example, Canada required all listed entities to use the IFRS from January 1, 2012, and Japan permitted the use of IFRS for certain multinational companies from 2010, and is expected to make a decision on mandatory adoption in "around 2012. "

  • The Goals of Economic Policy

    • There are four major goals of economic policy: stable markets, economic prosperity, business development and protecting employment.
    • Policy is generally directed to achieve four major goals: stabilizing markets, promoting economic prosperity, ensuring business development, and promoting employment.
    • A rule-based policy can be more credible, because it is more transparent and easier to anticipate.
    • Examples of rule-based policies are fixed exchange rates, interest rate rules, the stability and growth pact and the Golden Rule.
    • One of the major goals of economic policy is to promote economic growth.

  • Theories of Democracy

    • The members of the assembly then make decisions with a majority vote.
    • Theoretically, Aristotle contrasted rule by the many (democracy/polity) with rule by the few (oligarchy/aristocracy) and with rule by a single person (tyranny or autocracy/monarchy).
    • There are two main aspects of freedom: (1) being ruled and ruling in turn, since everyone is equal according to number, not merit, and; (2) to be able to live as one pleases.
    • Under minimalism, democracy is a system of government in which citizens give teams of political leaders the right to rule in periodic elections.
    • Most importantly, according to this theory, citizens do not really rule themselves unless they directly decide laws and policies for themselves.