Introduction
Polyarchy is a Greek term that was used by a theorist called Robert A Dahl. His objective was to explain and describe the characteristics of a government in which its power invested in three or more persons. According to Dahl, the principle that is democratic in nature that is behind this kind of leadership had certain requirements (Kingstone, 2006 pg. 78). Initially, it was considered to honor the binding collective decisions as well as each individual’s interest being considered equally. This means that the theorem respects the idea that there is ample consideration about the whereabouts as well as the opinion of individuals in the society. This included the respect of the democracy of an individual to give alternatives about issues. However, alternatives with the greatest vote count are identified to dominate over the ones with fewer votes.
However there is a thought by two effective theorist that try to elaborate that this ideas does not fully describe what makes reliable the proper working of democracy, namely Schmitter and Karl. One of the basic ideas of their critique is that democracy does not comprise of a single unit or set of institution. It is made up of numerous and diverse practices that are aimed at producing a differentiated set of effects.
In addition, democratic regimes depend not only on the individuals vote. It also depends on the presence of the persons in charge within authority. These are the rulers. These rules also have some specialized power responsibility to give commands to other people (Kingstone, 2006 pg. 78).. This remains to be democratic not unless there are other factors affecting the status of democracy. In this case, the situation that differentiates between democratic rulers from the non-democratic ones is rated in terms of the power as well as the practices that they hold within their hands
Works Cited
Kingstone, Peter R. Readings in Latin American Politics: Challenges to Democratization. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Print.
