Joseph Schumpeter, Robert Dahl, Jurgen Habermas and Democratic Theory.
This essay discusses the competing models in democratic theory. Joseph Schumpeter talked about democracy as elite selection. Robert Dahl was a staunch defender of democracy, seeing it as a process that needed to be extended into every area of society, including the economic and political spheres. Jurgen Habermas, on the other hand, argued that real democracy was not simply just the compilation of views about majority rules, but a social process in which people met, had dialogue and tried to reach agreement. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
