Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of Dahl's concept of polyarchy?
Hints
- Three describe the concept; one collapses the distinction it was built to make.
- Nineteenth-century Britain scored high on one and very low on the other.
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- A. It was introduced to avoid calling real regimes democracies
- C. A regime can score high on one dimension and low on the other
- D. It has two dimensions, contestation and inclusiveness
Why
The fourth destroys the point. Dahl introduced polyarchy because democracy is an ideal no state has reached, and because the two dimensions move independently: high contestation with a tiny electorate, or wide suffrage with no real competition, are both real historical arrangements and neither is democracy.
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