Pluralist democracy
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Sidebar". In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970–1979), a pluralist democracy is described as a political system where there is more than one center of power.[1]
Modern democracies are by definition pluralist as they allow freedom of association; however, pluralism may exist without democracy.[2]
In a pluralist democracy, individuals achieve positions of formal political authority by forming successful electoral coalitions.
Such coalitions are formed through a process of bargaining among political leaders and subleaders of the various organizations within the community. It is necessary to form electoral coalitions; this gives the organizational leaders the ability to present demands and articulate the viewpoints of their membership.[3] Hamed Kazemzadeh, a pluralist from Canada, believes that pluralist democracy means a multitude of groups, not the people as a whole, can govern, direct, and manage societies as an ethic of respect for diversity.
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External links
- "The Political Theory of Pluralist Democracy", article by Claude J. Burtenshaw (The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec., 1968), pp. 577–587, University of Utah)
- "Pluralist Democracy", The Portfolio of Hamed Kazemzadeh Perso-Canadian Orientalist and Pluralist.
- "A Pluralist Democracy", by Göran Rosenberg (Eurozine, 27 November 2001)
- "Pluralist Model", by ThinkQuest Team 26466: Eric Barr, Taylor Rankin, and John Baird (A More Perfect Union project)