Thinker

Robert A. Dahl

American political theorist at Yale who built the pluralist account of democracy and introduced 'polyarchy' for existing, imperfect democratic regimes.

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TheoryPolyarchyDahl's term for real-world regimes that approximate democracy through free elections, broad suffrage, free expression, alternative information and autonomous associations.

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