| Polyarchy can be used to differentiate not only between democratic and nondemocratic regimes but also between contemporary Western democracies and earlier direct democracies. |
| The rule of the majority is a polyarchy, even though it departs from the ancient Greek understanding of democracy, and is aimed at assessing existing democracies. |
| She frames her understanding of the transformations of power from tyranny to polyarchy according to Scheler's law. |
| Polyarchy was posited as a minimum core of regime, thus, quality of democracy was paired next to polyarchy as the "other". |
| Polyarchy is a system in which a small group of elites actually rules a country, and the majority can choose only to accept or refuse their leadership. |
| Critics charge that polyarchy is a system in which a small group actually rules and mass participation in decision-making is confined to leadership choice in elections. |
