majority government

Examples of majority government in the following topics:

• The Party in Government

  • A majority government is a government formed by a governing party that has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament.
  • A majority government is a government formed by a governing party that has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system.
  • The term "majority government" may also be used for a stable coalition of two or more parties to form an absolute majority.
  • The conservatives won the most seats of any single party in the 2010 election, but fell short of an absolute majority.
  • However, by combining with the Liberal Democrats a solid majority in the House of Commons was created.

• Popular Consent, Majority Rule, and Popular Sovereignty

  • Popular consent, majority rule, and popular sovereignty are related concepts that form the basis of democratic government.
  • Popular consent (or the consent of the governed), majority rule, and popular sovereignty are related concepts that form the basis of democratic government.
  • Majority rule is a decision rule that selects the option which has more than half the votes.
  • Some scholars have recommended against the use of majority rule, at least under certain circumstances, due to an ostensible trade-off between the benefits of majority rule and other values important to a democratic society.
  • Most famously, it has been argued that majority rule might lead to a "tyranny of the majority," and the use of a supermajority and constitutional limits on government power have been recommended to mitigate these effects.

• Government Corporations

  • Government corporations are revenue generating enterprises that are legally distinct from but operated by the federal government.
  • A government-owned corporation, also known as a state-owned company, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, or commercial government agency, is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of the government.
  • In some cases, government-owned corporations are considered part of the government, and are directly controlled by it.
  • In other instances, government-owned corporations are similar to private enterprises except that the government is the majority stockholder.
  • Differentiate between a government-owned corporation, a government-sponsored enterprise, and organizations chartered by the government that provide public services

• Democracy

  • Democracy is a form of government in which sovereignty is held by the majority of citizens within a country or a state.
  • Those representatives serve in local, state, and national governments.
  • Democracy is a form of government in which the power of government comes from the people.
  • More formally, we might say that in democracy, the right to govern, or sovereignty, is held by the majority of citizens within a country or state.
  • Although majority rule is often described as a characteristic feature of democracy, without responsible government it is possible for the rights of a minority to be abused by the tyranny of the majority, in which a majority institutes policies abusive to a minority (for example, a racial majority may deny a racial minority access to education, housing, jobs, or other resources).

• Devolution

  • Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
  • Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
  • Indeed, the District government itself could be significantly altered by a simple majority vote in Congress.
  • In the United States, local governments are subdivisions of states, while the federal government, state governments and federally recognized American Indian tribal nations are recognized by the United States Constitution.
  • Theoretically, a state could abolish all local governments within its borders.

• Introduction to Evaluating and Justifying Government

  • Our basic relationship with government is an involuntary association, and in this sense we are justified in saying that government is an involuntary association.
  • The policeman is hired by government-as-contractor I; as an employee, his relationship with the government is a compound-voluntary association.
  • However, contract theorists have always foundered on the fact that not everybody subject to a government consents, or has consented, to be governed by it.
  • A contract, like any other voluntary association, requires mutual consent of all the parties, not just a majority of them.
  • But when a government imposes sanctions it does not require unanimity.

• Governmental Interest Groups

  • Government interest groups are a unique type of interest group that represents the interests of government to other governments.
  • Government interest groups are a unique form of interest groups that represent the interests of government to other governments.
  • Since then local governments have continued their efforts.
  • Major gains were made in the 1960s and 1970s, especially around social program funding.
  • Give examples of government interest groups and their influence on policy

• The Goals of Economic Policy

  • There are four major goals of economic policy: stable markets, economic prosperity, business development and protecting employment.
  • It covers the systems for setting interest rates and government budget as well as the labor market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy.
  • Policy is generally directed to achieve four major goals: stabilizing markets, promoting economic prosperity, ensuring business development, and promoting employment.
  • To achieve these goals, governments use policy tools which are under the control of the government.
  • One of the major goals of economic policy is to promote economic growth.

• Checking the Power of the Governing Party

  • The Democratic and Republican Parties can check the power of the governing party by holding seats in the legislative branch of the government.
  • The legislative branch of the United States government is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  • If one political party holds the executive branch of government then another political party can check the power of the executive branch by holding a majority of seats in the legislative branch .
  • While the Democratic Party occupied the executive branch, the Republican Party held the majority of seats in the legislative branch.
  • The tendency of the Democratic Party to embrace a more active government role in the lives of citizens versus the tendency of the Republican Party to favor limited government intervention in citizens' lives, highlights the difficulties that arise when a divided government exists.

• Deficit Spending, the Public Debt, and Policy Making

  • Government debt is the debt owed by a central government.
  • In the United States and other federal states, government debt may also refer to the debt of a state or provincial government, municipal or local government.
  • Government debt is one method of financing government operations, but it is not the only method.
  • Governments usually borrow by issuing securities, government bonds, and bills.
  • One area with more common ground is corporate tax rates, where both parties have generally agreed that lower rates and fewer tax expenditures would align the U.S. more directly with foreign competitioIn addition to policies regarding revenue and spending, policies that encourage economic growth are the third major way to reduce deficits.