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tyranny of the majority and minority rights  

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  • In his On Liberty, John Stuart Mill separates concerns about the tyranny of the majority into two distinct challenges for democracy. The first of these can be considered an institutional problem. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Tyranny of the Majority and Minority Rights]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KW650D99-J

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