1. Dahl's Concept of Participation and Contestation
My initial thought after reading Dahl was that his theory of polyarchy gives a very clear definition of how a near perfect democracy should be and his strategies of Polyarchy " definitely helps to understand the political system of different countries, however, his concept of polyarchy according to me is not the best approach to compare political regimes. ... And by applying Dahl's concept of broadened participation and political contestation, we can say that it is due to this lack of participation, contestation and representation that people in China have so many reformist movements for ...
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