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consensus noun acclamation, accord, affirmance, affirmation, agreement, assonance, common consent, compact, concent, concentus, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformance, conformation, congruence, consentaneity, consentaneousness, consistency, consonance, cooperation, general agreement, harmony, mutual agreement, mutual sympathy, mutual understanding, reconcilement, solid vote, synchronization, unanimity, uniformity, union, unison Associated concepts: consensus of opinion, per curiam opinnon See also: accordance, agreement, concordance, conformity, consent, poll, understanding, union, unity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Consensus politics defined partly by the "One Nation" Toryism that looked back to Disraeli's efforts to bring together rich and poor collided with what Thatcher styled "conviction politics" that repudiated the post1945 consensus. The part of the participatory democracy ethos that has lasted is the notion that the famous consensus politics of the fifties was excluding too many people; the crucial flaw was the conclusion that therefore mainstream American politics was never to be trusted. On the political front, there continues to exist the need to encourage consensus politics by the Hemisphere's leadership on Trade Integration in order to come to a framework agreement as quickly as possible. |
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