Tyranny of the Majority: Funamental Fairness in Representative Democracy

by Lani Guinier and GUINIER

Book Overview

At last...the public hearing she was denied...These essays reveal keen powers of analysis applied to some of the most obdurate problems that bedevil electoral politics. Anyone who cares about the mechanisms of democracy should be engaged by her tough-minded explorations. It doesn't matter where you think you stand: it's all here, to argue or agree with. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Lani Guinier's fascinating book is a prophetic intervention into a public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029131693
• ISBN13: 9780029131695
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

"To be great is to be misunderstood"

A classic example of how well thought out arguements are all to often misunderstood because of today's desire for the one-liner and the soundbite.