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The fundamental tenet of democracy is that the majority rules. Yet as James Madison wrote, 'Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.' In this focused new work, Don Beahm synthesizes some of the most powerful conceptualizations of, and corrections to, the majority tyranny as explicated by James Madison, Alexis de Tocqueville, John C. Calhoun, Robert A. Dahl, and Lani Guinier. In conjunction with this synthesis, Beahm presents his analysis of the main causes of majoritarian tyranny, concluding that while American two-party politics, winner-take-all distric
Representative government and representation --- Majorities. --- Minorities --- Elections --- Voting --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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Social groups form an important part of our daily lives. Within these groups pressures exist which encourage the individual to comply with the group's viewpoint. This influence, which creates social conformity, is known as 'majority influence' and is the dominant process of social control. However, there also exists a 'minority influence', which emerges from a small subsection of the group and is a dynamic force for social change. Minority Influence and Innovation seeks to identify the conditions under which minority influence can prevail, to change established norms, stimul
Social influence. --- Conformity. --- Influence (Psychology) --- Small groups --- Social groups --- Minorities. --- Majorities. --- Psychological aspects.
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Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation
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Die Dissertation untersuchte die filmische Darstellung ethnischer filmische Darstellung ethnischer Minderheiten von 1980 bis 2010 am Beispiel von zehn ausgesuchten Filmen. Ausgewählt wurden Filme, die durch ihren kommerziellen Erfolg einem breiten Publikum zugänglich gemacht werden konnten. Die Arbeit ging der Fragestellung nach, inwiefern der Ethnizitätsdiskurs in jedem Film eine Rolle spielte. Konkret wurde geprüft, welche Rolle die Darstellung einer Ethnie in jedem Film spielte und was diese Rolle über die erwartete Rezeption aussagt. Die Rolle des Islamdiskurses und der Einfluss der Kultur
Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation
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Sociology of minorities --- Minorities --- Congresses --- -Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Congresses. --- -Congresses --- Ethnic minorities --- Minorities - Congresses
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Minorities --- Oppression (Psychology) --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Criminal psychology --- Personality --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Case studies
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Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Minorities --- Educational equalization --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation
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Immigrants --- Minorities --- Crimes against --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Aliens
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German History from the Margins offers new ways of thinking about ethnic and religious minorities and other outsiders in modern German history. Many established paradigms of German history are challenged by the contributors' new and often provocative findings, including evidence of the striking cosmopolitanism of Germany's 19th-century eastern border communities; German Jewry's sophisticatedtribe and race; the unexpected absence of antisemitism in Weimar's campaign ag
Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- History --- Germany --- Ethnic relations.
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Educational equalization --- Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Education --- Economic aspects
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