“TYRANY OF THE MAJORITY", AND THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

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Raising the concept of ‘Tyrany of the Majority’ by Federalists , Alexi de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , they revealed a new form of tyrany which was uniqe for those who had experienced despotic regimes .
With the critique of democracy baised on majority vote , the question of ethnic , religious and linguistic minorities , along with their rights and fundamental freedoms , were raised seriously . Confronting such important challenge , liberal democracy on the basis of neutrality , equality of opportunity and Positive discremination , made attempts to help democracy for its failure and shortcoming . Therefore it is underestandable that minorities in the light of theories of liberal democracy have been able to enjoy more capabalities and capacities towards achieving their rights and liberties .

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