Abrams, B;
(2022)
The Rise of Despotic Majoritarianism.
Democratic Theory
, 9
(1)
pp. 73-86.
10.3167/dt.2022.090105.
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Abstract
Two maladies that have been incipient in Liberal Democracy since its birth have finally struck at once. The “tyranny of the majority” and “administrative despotism”—first identified by Alexis de Tocqueville almost two centuries ago—have combined in the form of a new, much more threatening democratic mutation. We are witnessing the rise of “despotic majoritarianism,” in which citizens are simultaneously given less and less say in the political process, just as more and more is being done in their name. This new strain of democratic disease threatens not just the United States but societies across Europe, Latin America, and South Asia. This article explores the nature of despotic majoritarianism, its manifestation today, and how we might combat it
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Rise of Despotic Majoritarianism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3167/dt.2022.090105 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2022.090105 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the generous support from a global network of libraries as part of the Knowledge Unlatched Select initiative. |
| Keywords: | administrative despotism, Alexis de Tocqueville, democratic backsliding, despotic majoritarianism, populism, tyranny of the majority |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152296 |
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