The Tyranny of the Majority: History, Concepts, and Challenges - Paperback

by Tamás Nyirkos (Author)

Tamás Nyirkos provides a timely and essential reassessment of the concept of the 'tyranny of the majority' for the study of democracy today.

Author Biography

Tamás Nyirkos is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of International Studies and Political Science of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary. His research interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and the origins of modern political philosophies. In 2014 and 2015 he taught classes on Tocqueville at the Catholic University of Portugal and the University of Lapland. He is a member of the Public Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.