Legitimacy, Political Equality, and Majority Rule
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23150991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wojciech Sadurski (0000-0003-3509-9920, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-65 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ratio Juris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1794-6638 • E-ISSN: 2619-4066 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2007.00379.x |
| OpenAlex | W2053101307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper claims that the intuitive and widespread legitimating power of majority rule (MR) arises from the link between majority rule and the principle of equality of political opportunity. The egalitarian character of MR is established by exploring “puzzles” in democratic theory, such as the insensitivity of democratic voting procedures to unequal intensity of citizens' preferences, and the relationship between the principle of unanimity (sometimes thought better to respect citizens' equality) and MR. Special attention is directed to the relationship between political equality and equality in the outcomes of political decisions: The claim is made that the language of equal political opportunity captures well the idea of equal political influence, in the circumstance of disagreement about what is required to achieve equal treatment through the outcomes of political decisions.
Character (mathematics) · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Economics · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Majority rule · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Unanimity · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Mathematics · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |