POLSCI 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Polyarchy, Secret Ballot, Universal Suffrage
12 Mar 2014
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Definition of democracy is a conditional definition, It only makes sense if other conditions are fulfilled: 5 conditions to be fulfilled to arrive at political decision making. Schumpeter influenced the way in which people have gone to develop democratic institutios. It is common to assume that schumpeter"s theory is the antecedent of the so-called pluralist conception of democracy. In this way, concentration of power on politicians (schumpeter"s concern) does not materialize: robert dahl (1956), the best-known theorist of pluralism, argued, a democracy is the government of many minorities, which vary in number, size, and diversity. accordingly, Democratic theory deals with the processes through which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over politicians, over their leaders. (schumpeter presented the view that. The fundamental instruments of that control are, on the one hand, elections, and on the other hand, competition among parties, groups, and individuals.
