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Pros And Cons Of Pluralism

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Jeremy Ricketson
POLS 1 Sec 1772
Seminar Question The Pluralist Theory is a theoretical point of view in which many social scientists believe that power in the American political system, while unequal, is somewhat largely distributed among various organized interest groups in our society that compete among themselves to control public policies. The various interest groups usually control one or two areas while the other groups control in other subject areas. There is a little overlap normally between the powerful leaders in certain policy areas and the ones who are significant in other policy areas. The connection between groups usually comes from political officials being popularly chosen. Despite some of the American public believing that there is one group of people known as the power elite, in reality there are actually various opposing power elites with various experiences, beliefs, and foundations of support in the society. The American government is sometimes believed to be a tool for mediating and negotiating a balance in the constant shifting between group interests despite some views from society that the policies that are imposed upon them come from the American government. Essentially the Pluralist Theory states large groups, rather than the electorate, are the ones that control the …show more content…

If the American political government system did not use the Pluralist Theory than groups with more power would soon over take all public policies. Imagine if America did not have a group lobbying for control over emissions of exhaust from cars. Car companies would no longer care about how the CO2 levels released by cars affect our atmosphere and regulate them thus increasing the greenhouse effect. Even though the outsider groups are considered weaker than the insider groups, their voices and lobbying are still heard because of Pluralist

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