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Pluralism As The Most Descriptive Theory Of American Government
There are several different theories as to the question of how America
is governed. There are those who still espouse the civics book theory, in
which the individual is represented by his vote; those who advocate various
elitist theories, claiming that we as individuals have no voice, and are
merely pawns in some larger game, and there are those others who support
what is known as the pluralist theory. Pluralism suggests that policy
decisions are not the result of an individual citizen's vote (or a vote of
a population of citizens) b....
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