Used in this broad sense, the term is not particularly arresting for those political scientists interested in determining the extent to which power is democratically operative in America. If by pluralism we mean this multiplicity of public and private interests and identities, then America-like any modem society of size and complexity-is pluralistic. Abstract: It is said we live in a pluralistic society, and indeed a glance at the social map of America reveals a vast agglomeration of regional, class, occupational, and ethnic associations all busily making claims upon state, local, and national governing agencies.
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