Political Science · Political Theory
Who gave the concept of 'Polyarchy'?
AVilfredo Pareto
BGaetano Mosca
CRobert Michels
DRobert Dahl ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Robert Dahl — The concept of polyarchy was given by Robert Dahl, so the answer is Dahl.
Explanation
★The concept of polyarchy was given by Robert Dahl, so the answer is Dahl.
★Polyarchy means rule by the many through open competition and participation.
★Dahl used it to describe how real democracies actually work.
★Power is dispersed among many competing groups rather than held by a single elite.
★He set this out in works like Who Governs? and Polyarchy.
★Pareto, Mosca and Michels are the classical elite theorists, who saw rule by a minority.
★Dahl's pluralism thus stands against the elite theory of power.
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