Majoritarian democracy refers to democracy based upon majority rule of a society's citizens. Although common, the majoritarian democracy is not commonly traditional. If the majority (say 85% of the people) passes a law that the minorities (15% of the people) no longer have certain rights or are no longer citizens, or cannot protest their situation...then that’s the way it is. In the 1950's and 1960's if the U.S. had been a majoritarian democracy, African American’s would not have received more civil rights or nondiscriminatory treatment because since the majority of the country was white, they could have prolonged the Jim Crowism and other discrimination that pervaded the country, particularly in the south. My understanding of majoritarian is a "winner takes all" concept. A majoritarian democracy is one that places no limits or constraints via a constitution on what the majority can do.
Consensus Democracy seek out to resolve problems that the minority might have, possibly by making a compromise, rather than simply taking a popular outlook. Consensus by definition means widespread agreement, or absence of any dissent. Most …show more content…
unitary traits. The head of the government must decide and know what the best is for its people, so they have an organized system where everyone will be satisfied and feel as if their voice is being heard. However the country decides to abide when it comes to voting, it must also be fair, as in whomever the majority wins must also have good judgement and if they have bad intentions then the vote can be over thrown or vetoed somehow. Proportional representation does not favor large parties over smaller ones, as does the winner-take-all system, in countries with proportional representation there are almost always three or more parties represented in the
Consensus Democracy seek out to resolve problems that the minority might have, possibly by making a compromise, rather than simply taking a popular outlook. Consensus by definition means widespread agreement, or absence of any dissent. Most …show more content…
unitary traits. The head of the government must decide and know what the best is for its people, so they have an organized system where everyone will be satisfied and feel as if their voice is being heard. However the country decides to abide when it comes to voting, it must also be fair, as in whomever the majority wins must also have good judgement and if they have bad intentions then the vote can be over thrown or vetoed somehow. Proportional representation does not favor large parties over smaller ones, as does the winner-take-all system, in countries with proportional representation there are almost always three or more parties represented in the