dissensus

Piven defines "dissensus" as a tug of war between the need for political leaders to "mobilize majorities" and "disruptive challengers work (ing) to fragment them."

Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" 2008

I think we're largely in agreement, but I think that this notion of "dissensus" really needs to be fleshed out.

Serendip's Exchange - 2009

An ethics of dissensus: postmodernity, feminism, and the politics of radical democracy.

Feminist Political Philosophy McAfee, Noëlle 2009

Potential or actual "voter dissensus is the main source of movement influence on public policy."

Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" 2008

It is not my intention, of course, to portray Canadian Muslims as a single community, with a dissensus group at its core.

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

It is not my intention, of course, to portray Canadian Muslims as a single community, with a dissensus group at its core.

Counter-dissent: the case of Tarek Fatah 2008

But the way some Orthodox seem to see it, the dissensus is irresolvable in principle.

Orthodoxy on churches outside "the Church" Mike L 2007

Rather, it precedes those core questions, and might, as in this case, actually preclude the need to fight about such core issues in cases where there might be dissensus within the government.

Balkinization 2007

Rather, it precedes those core questions, and might, as in this case, actually preclude the need to fight about such core issues in cases where there might be dissensus within the government.

Balkinization 2007

But the way some Orthodox seem to see it, the dissensus is irresolvable in principle.

Archive 2007-11-01 Mike L 2007