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Assumption: The average citizen fails to meet certain requirement generally considered necessary for the “successful” operation of democracy.
Assume the assumption is correct.
1.How the failure to meet the requirements for successful operation of democracy are consequential for three of Robert A Dahl’s Theories of Democracy (Chapter 1-3: madisonian democracy, populistic democracy, polyarchy democracy)
2. How the theories anticipate Berelson et al.’s characterization
3. How each variant of democracy mitigates or amplifies the negative consequences of the characteristics.
4. Which form of democreacy to solve the problems raised by a citizenry as described by Berelson. (Thesis Statement)