Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Who among the following emphasized the 'procedural theory of democracy' highlighting three criteria?
ASM Lipset
BRA Dahl ✓ Correct
CJoseph Schumpeter
DSheldon Wolin
Correct answer: (B) RA Dahl — The procedural theory of democracy here is Robert Dahl's.
Explanation
★The procedural theory of democracy here is Robert Dahl's.
★Dahl judged democracy by the procedures a system follows rather than by its outcomes, asking whether citizens can really participate and influence decisions.
★His procedural criteria include effective participation, voting equality and enlightened understanding, with control of the agenda and inclusion in his fuller list.
★Dahl held that no real system is fully democratic, so he used the term polyarchy for actual democracies that only approximate the ideal.
★Lipset is known for the social requisites of democracy, Schumpeter for competitive elitism, and Wolin for political theory as vision, so none of them fits.
★So R.A. Dahl is the correct answer.
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