POLYARCHY IN 3D

The article takes issue with positions that reduce representative syst ems to democratic linearity, considering how the Latter is restricted to variations in forms of government and electoral systems that do not correspond to the growing complexity of national organizations. It is proposed that a third dimension be added to Robert Dahl's bidimension al model that is, eligibility from which it is possible to derive mini malist yet strict definitions of authoritarian systems, of representat ive systems in general, and of their oligarchical and polyarchical var iations.