> What is democracy?.. what standards should we use to determine whether, and to what extent, a government is democratic?

> .. such a system would have to meet five criteria and that a system meeting these criteria would be fully democratic.

> In order to meet the ideal standards as best we cany given the limits and possibilities in the real world, what political institutions are necessary?

https://newuniversityinexileconsortium.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Robert-A.-Dahl-On-Democracy-1998-1.pdf

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> Dahl often supplied a list of ‘criteria’ that an ideal democratic process would satisfy. In one of his statements those are: equality in voting, effective participation, enlightened understanding, final control over the agenda, and inclusion

politicalscience.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2015-02-25_-_dahl_-_questions_concepts_proving_it.pdf

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